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We require a highly skilled person for this important and challenging post which will develop local involvement in health & social care service planning and evaluation. The role involves managing staff and resources effectively and innovatively to develop and expand LINk. Experience of working within an identified budget, providing reports for contract management and for wider reporting to members steering group and stakeholders is desirable. Ability to operate across Derbyshire and occasionally further afield with people in public, voluntary and independent sectors is required.

Hours of work 37 hours per wk
Salary £25,625 pa
Based in Chesterfield with travel around Derbyshire
Interview date: 19th May 2008

Co-ordinator for Derbyshire LINk

Your role will be to support the LINk manager in developing Local Involvement Networks by putting in place administration and other work systems to respond to contract needs, administration for LINks staff such as HR, finance and purchasing as well as systems to respond to general enquiries about LINks. You will be a point of contact for LINks staff in the absence of the manager, giving advice where appropriate. You will have specific responsibilities for planning LINks events and for administration relating to LINks steering group and networks. Your ideas and experience of working with people in public, voluntary and independent sectors and project management skills will be fully utilised in this role.

Hours of work 37 hours per wk
Salary £22,467 pa
Based in Ripley
Interview date: 27th May 2008

Development Workers (x2) for Derbyshire LINk

Your role will be to make contact with people in public, voluntary and independent sectors to gain responses and involvement in planning, evaluation and inspection of health and social care services used by Derbyshire people. Experience of dealing with a wide range of people, being able to draw from them constructive ideas and report this information in a quantitative and qualitative way will be essential. You must be able to develop your own understanding of specific issues and services.
You will need good communication skills and have the ability to encourage engagement with those who seldom speak out. Skills to maintain databases, spreadsheets and other records will be needed to track your activity and contacts.

Hours of work 37 hours per wk
Salary £20,096 pa
Based in Ripley with travel around Derbyshire
Job share considered
Interview date: 29th May 2008

Administration Support for Derbyshire LINk

This post requires a highly organised person with skills & qualifications in all Microsoft products, particularly Access and a proven track record of providing administration support. LINks is a new initiative and the ability to create and maintain administration systems is essential.

Hours of work 37 hours per wk
Salary £12,963 pa
Based in Chesterfield
Interview date: 21st May 2008

First Movement Centre Manager Vacancy

First Movement is the leading arts organisation in the East Midlands working with learning disabled people.

Have you helped run a building used by the public?

The Level Centre is a new arts building that launches in Autumn 2008. First Movement seeks a Centre Manager to run this exciting project. S/he will plan, promote, programme, manage, and monitor activities to ensure the smooth running of the building. Salary £21,196, hours 37 ½ with occasional weekends or evenings. Job share is an option.

For eligibility and further details email: fmt@first-movement.org.uk

Closing date for submissions 9am Wednesday 14 May; interviews Thursday 22 May.

Equality and Diversity Officer Vacancy

Band:5 (£19,683 - £25,424), 37.5hrs - Fixed Term Temporary 1 year

at Denton

This 12 month temporary post provides an exciting opportunity within the Equality and Diversity team in the PCT.

The post holder will provide advice and support to staff across the PCT in relation to the Equality and Diversity agenda. This will involve assisting the Equality and Diversity Manager in the implementation of the PCT Equality Schemes and action plans and ensuring that the PCT is carrying out its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity.

Working across the organisation and beyond, you should have good communication and influencing and team working skills. You will be self-motivated and will have at least two years experience of working within a statutory or voluntary sector organisation in equality and diversity or social inclusion background.

For further information please telephone Joanne Marvell, Equality and Diversity Manager 0161 304 5824.

If you wish to apply please go to www.jobs.nhs.uk

If you are unable to go online please call 0161 426 5583 for an application.

Closing date: 30th April 2008

Spotting Mental Health Problems at Work

Ahead of Depression Awareness Week, employment advisory body Acas has outlined advice on how to spot and deal with mental health problems at work – www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2053 This also coincides with the release of their guide, 'Health, work & wellbeing', which includes a checklist to assess how well you are doing against key indicators. The guide can be downloaded as a large pdf (1.94MB) from www.acas.org.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=854&p=0 or see news item at www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2039

Auditing Standards for Charities

The Auditing Practices Board has published a consultation draft revision of Practice Note 11 'The Audit of Charities in the United Kingdom'. Likely to be of interest only to charity finance professionals – responses by 10th July. www.frc.org.uk/apb/press/pub1585.html(From CFDG news feed)

Chair for Third Sector Advisory Body

The new Advisory Body for the Office of the Third Sector, taking over from a number of groups advising government on third sector policy, now has a chair appointed, Baroness Jill Pitkeathly. Interviews for other members begin early next month, with the aim for it to be functioning by the end of May. Cabinet Office news release, with links to more about the Advisory Body.

Standards for Youth Work

National Occupational Standards for youth work, describing the knowledge and skills needed to perform jobs in this area, are now available from the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services website – www.ncvys.org.uk/index.php?page=284

University for the Third Sector Proposed

A university for the third sector has been proposed by charity chief executives' body Acevo. Acevo's CEO Stephen Bubb, highlighting that the sector is "no longer at the margins", argues that "The profile of the sector and the policy context we are operating in makes it an increasingly attractive choice for graduates. We need to harness this talent, developing our skills base and leadership for the future.

The alumni of this university would create an invaluable network of leaders.” The university isn't seen as a building or a campus, but "a network which is connected across borders", and Charity Finance reports that Acevo already has links with four European universities: University of Heidelberg, Stockholm School of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and Trinity College, Dublin. News item at www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=1800, or Acevo news item.

Volunteering Research in Small and Community Organisations

Newly published by the Institute for Volunteering Research, available via www.ivr.org.uk/whats-new.htm

'Volunteering to lead: a study of leadership within small volunteer-led groups', looking at issues of leadership within small, volunteer-led groups and the challenges associated with their growth and development. Full report pdf is 240KB, summary bulletin is 271KB.

'The impact of public policy on volunteering in community-based organisations'. The study worked with eight case study organisations across England to explore the impact of public policy on volunteering in community-based organisations. Full report pdf 290KB, summary bulletin pdf 279KB.

Community Sports and the Wider Third Sector

NAVCA, the umbrella body for England's local sector support organisations has a new web section for the Strategic Sports Partnership Project, with information and resources around making closer links between community sports and the wider third sector. www.navca.org.uk/localvs/sport. (Via ACRE News Headlines).

People Management

The website of People Management magazine, from personnel body CIPD, has been revamped, at www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/ It now includes daily news stories, regular employment law updates and an extensive archive. Some will only be accessible to subscribers but there is enough of interest to others, too.

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust funds work in Britain under the programme headings: Peace; Racial justice; Power and responsibility; and Quaker concerns.

Most grants made under these four programmes are to organisations based in Britain for work at a national level (apart from racial justice work at local level in West Yorkshire). The Trust also supports a small number of organisations under these four programmes that are based elsewhere in Europe for work at a European level.

Forthcoming application deadlines are: 28th April 2008 for decisions by 14th July 2008: 8th September 2008 for decision by 24th November 2008.

JRCT, The Garden House, Water End, York YO30 6WQ
Telephone: 01904 627810
Fax: 01904 651990
Full details are available on the website: www.jrct.org.uk

Hilton in the Community Foundation

The Foundation makes grants to a wide range of charities and organisations that meet one of our three chosen areas of focus: Young People – Education; Young People – Health; Disaster Relief and International Fund.

Applications are rigorously assessed to ensure that the best projects reaching the most disadvantaged young people are prioritised. The Foundation aims to support a range of causes helping young people, across the UK and Ireland. Please note that the Disaster Relief and International Fund is a discretionary fund for which there is no open application process.

There is no limit on the amount of money that a charity can request. However, the Foundation is a small charity and generally will not make awards of over £50,000 (per year). Funding can be requested for up to three years for any particular project.

Application Deadlines in 2008 are: 6th May, 4th August and 28th October.

Since 2005, in response to huge ongoing demand from charities and good causes, Hilton Hotels agreed to donate a limited number of accommodation vouchers for use by charities for raffle or auction prizes at their fundraising events. The Foundation manages this process and to enter the monthly draw to receive a voucher, requests should be made by email to info@hilton-foundation.org.uk Whether successful or unsuccessful, to maintain a fair response we require that organisations leave a gap of three months between each request. Please note that once awarded, these vouchers cannot be transferred, extended or exchanged.

Guidance and application forms are available on the website – www.hilton-foundation.org.uk

Hilton in the Community Foundation, 179-199 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4UL
Telephone: 020 7605 7733
Fax: 020 7605 7736
Email: info@hilton-foundation.org.uk

BIG - The People’s Millions

The People’s Millions, the exciting collaboration between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV has returned for a fourth year. They are looking to build on the success of previous years by continuing The People’s Millions competition in 2008. They have already funded 229 projects across the UK, and hope to fund 90 new projects in 2008.

This year the maximum grant will be £50,000. In The People’s Millions they want to fund projects that transform the local environment or provide opportunities or facilities to allow people to take part and enjoy their local area.

For this year’s competition, grants will be offered in early December 2008, so you will need to be able to start your project by March 2009 and finish it by December 2009.

They would be particularly interested in funding projects that: Get people involved in their local community: Help people who are most in need; Are original and imaginative. The following four themes: Making the local environment cleaner, safer or greener; Improving the local natural environment; Improving the design, appearance, or accessibility of local amenities; Providing opportunities or facilities for enjoying the local environment or local amenities.

They must receive all entries by 12 noon on Thursday 15th May 2008.

For more information, case studies and application details, please visit their Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_peoples_millions BIG advice line: 0845 4 10 20 30

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