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Working for Headway

Whose life did you improve today?

 

Headway Birmingham & Solihull is a Brain Injury Charity.  Across our varying services and teams we support people with Brain Injury enabling them to improve their independence at home and in the community leading to an improved quality of life.  We also support families and carers.  If you feel you can make a difference to the lives of those affected we would love to hear from you either for volunteering or to apply to any of our vacant postitions.

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Why join us:

• Annual leave – a generous 33 days each year (to include 8 bank holidays)

• DBS Check – we cover the cost of your DBS check and further renewals once probation passed

• Company Pension Scheme

• Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance – via our in-house trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ and/or Employee Assistance Program though an online portal or over the telephone

• Confidential counselling service

• Free parking at our sites

• Free refreshments

• - We pay for you to attend our comprehensive induction and on-going training to include the Care Certificate.

• Brain Injury Certificates – Level 1 & 2 -  free specialist training in brain injury

•  – we can support you to obtain a range of qualifications according to roles and support further development

• Staff Referral Scheme – earn £50 for referring a friend into a support worker position

• GEM Awards – All of our employees are stars in our eyes and each year colleagues make nominations for our special awards.

• Social events, fundraising and team building – we value all our employees and try to bring people together socially

• at Highstreet retailers, days out, gifts, holidays and even when buying a car – available via a Blue Light card that Headway will purchase for you.

• Long Service Awards – receive 1 day extra annual leave after reaching 5 years and thereon (10 years 2 days etc)

£300 Voucher awarded for 10 years

• Special Birthday days – an extra days leave on your ‘milestone birthdays’

• Health Scheme – employees can opt into the BHSF healthcare plan through which Headway H & S will pay at the basic level. This enables employees to claim back money towards general day to day healthcare such as opticians and dentists

• Duvet Days – get rewarded for coming into work with an extra day off for full year attendance (from April 2022)

 

CURRENT VACANCIES

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PLEASE SEE BELOW OUR CURRENT VACANCIES -

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CHARITY SHOP MANAGER

 

ACTIVITY LEADER

 

LIFESTYLE SUPPORT WORKER/PA

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CHARITY SHOP MANAGER

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Salary:          £16,908 per annum (pro-rata 28 hours per week), Grade 4,

                     Pay Spine 10 (dependent on age and experience)

Hours:           28 per week including alternate Saturdays

Duration:       Permanent 

Date Posted:  14th September 2021

Closing Date: 5th October 2021

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Whose life did you improve today?

Headway Birmingham & Solihull are a leading Brain Injury Charity.  Our Charity provides support, services and guidance for people with an Acquired Brain Injury enabling them to improve their independence at home and in the community leading to an improved quality of life.

 

Description

Headway Birmingham & Solihull are looking to recruit a CHARITY SHOP MANAGER to work Monday to Friday including alternate Saturdays (28 hours per week) at our Charity Shop based in Rubery, Birmingham.

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Duties includes:

 

• Take responsibility for the overall management of running the shop, managing stock sales, management of Assistant Managers and Volunteers.

• Ensure adequate volunteer cover for all days.Seek to recruit volunteers as required and train new volunteers in all aspects of the work. Ensure cover is always in place in the event of A/L, illness etc

• Maintain a motivated, united and happy workforce of staff and volunteers

• Ensure all monitoring of documents and accounts are accurate e.g., income sheets, sales targets etc, and be competent using MS office and email / online browsing & ordering etc.

• Ensure all policies and procedures are followed accordingly, e.g., gift aid, volunteer inductions, Health & Safety by working in-line with HBS operation manuals.Be aware of Trading Standards regulations when selling items

• Liaise with outside companies regarding purchases, technical issues – e.g., the till

• Work to achieve and increase target sale outcomes for the shop, with the assistant manager and Head of Operations.

• Ensure information about Headway’s services is given out with purchases and displayed effectively.Be proactive in promoting Headway Birmingham & Solihull services

• Set up effective systems for receiving, sorting and labelling items for sale and rotate merchandise accordingly. 

• Ensure adequate levels of stock are out on the shop floor, also in the back room in preparation and actively seek new stock.Ensure that the shop is clean, tidy, safe and secure at all times

• Actively promote donations from customers and local / wider community

• Provide occasional cover to our Charity Shop located in Great Barr. Full driving licence preferred.

 

The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure. Disclosure expense to be met by employer.

 

STAFF BENEFITS: Generous annual leave of 28 days per year (Includes 8 days Bank Holiday allowance pro rata), pension scheme, BHSF Healthcare plan, confidential counselling service, Blue Light Card Scheme, social events.  Comprehensive specialist training, opportunity to gain NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

 

Contact Donna Rowe (Personnel Administrator) on 0121 457 7541 (option 5) or via email at personnel@headway-bs.org.uk  for more information and an application form.

 

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 5th October 2021.

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Activity Leader- ABI Services

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Salary:          £18,488 (depending on age & experience) Grade 5 Pay Spine 13

Hours:           35 per week  Monday-Friday

Duration:       Permanent 

Date Posted:  28th September 2021

Closing Date: Ongoing

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Headway Birmingham & Solihull - Improving life after Brain Injury

 

Whose life did you improve today?

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Headway Birmingham & Solihull are a leading Brain Injury Charity.  Our ABI Services Team provide support, services and guidance for people with an Acquired Brain Injury enabling them to improve their independence at home and in the community leading to an improved quality of life.

 

Description

Headway Birmingham & Solihull are looking to recruit an ACTIVITY LEADER to work Monday to Friday (35 hours per week) at our Headway House Centre in Moseley and who must also be prepared to work at any Headway site in Rubery and Sutton Coldfield as required.

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Duties include:

 

• Plan, prepare and run training sessions within the agreed programme to include areas of educational skills, IT, BI deficits, art & crafts, social skills, communication and attending college courses & social activities

• Ensure training materials are reviewed / updated and new session plans introduced

• It would be advantageous for the Skills Trainer to be able to drive any Headway vehicle, transporting clients across from either centre and driving them out into the community.

• Have business insurance use to escort clients in own car as needed

• Overseeing client’s safety, comfort and well-being at all times

• Have responsibility for care staff and volunteers under your supervision.

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Previous experience of working with people with disabilities and knowledge of brain injury is desirable.

 

The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure. Disclosure expense to be met by employer.

 

STAFF BENEFITS: Generous annual leave of 33 days per year (Includes 8 days Bank Holiday allowance pro rata), pension scheme, BHSF Healthcare plan, confidential counselling service, Blue Light Card Scheme, social events.  Comprehensive specialist training, opportunity to gain NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

 

Contact Donna Rowe (Personnel Administrator) on 0121 457 7541 (option 5) or via email at personnel@headway-bs.org.uk  for more information and an application form.

 

CLOSING DATE: Ongoing.

 

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LIFESTYLE  SUPPORT WORKER/PA

Salary per hour: £9.01
Permanent

Date posted: 14th May 2021
Closing date: Ongoing

 

​We are looking to recruit reliable, friendly, positive, caring and motivated individuals who have the drive and personality to make a real difference to our clients’ lives.   Your role may be supporting clients to attend appointments, social activities, shopping in the community or with day to day living skills in their homes.  Some personal care is required.

 

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Applicants must be a car driver / owner and have experience of working with disabilities.  have, or be willing to gain a Level 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care, or better still, brain injury experience.

 

We offer competitive salary, extensive induction, training and ongoing mentoring and support to our workers.

 

We will require an enhanced DBS disclosure, expense of which will be met by employer.

 

Job - Permanent: Various hours to suit from 16 to 35 per week. 

 

For an application form and full job description or more information Please contact the Personnel Department on 0121 457 7541 or via email to: personnel@headway-bs.org.uk

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