Nottinghamshire Community Foundation, in partnership with Family Care, is hosting the following FREE course so book your place(s) now:

Getting Started - Safeguarding ChildrenChild Protection Awareness TrainingDate: 4^th December 2008Time: 5pm – 8pm

Venue: St. Peters Centre, Mansfield, NG18 1AP

( http://www.stpeters-centre.co.uk/8331/ )

This course introduces the concept of writing your own Child Protection Policy and topics covered include:·        

Why we need Child Protection Policies·        

Child Abuse - Recognition, Responding & Taking Action·        

Good Practice Guidelines·        

Next steps - writing your own Child Protection PolicyWe recommend that, where possible, at least 2 members of a group attend the training and please note that booking is essential as places are limited. In order to confirm and secure your place(s) please reply no later than Friday 21^st November 2008 stating the following information:

1. How many places you wish to reserve on the course
2. Name of attendee(s) – please ensure correct spelling as this will be put on your certificate                                                             
3. Organisation name
4. Organisation/correspondence address
5. Contact telephone number 

is a registered charity that provides advice, support and temporary accommodation to women and their children from diverse backgrounds who are or have been experiencing domestic abuse in the local authority areas of Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover.  We are looking for women who have an understanding of the issues around domestic abuse, who have organisational and communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team. A commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice is essential. 

Pay rates quoted are 2007/2008 – pay award pending.

We are inviting applications for the following posts:

Art Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Art Therapist, registered with BAAT and HPC, who has experience of working with children and the ability to manage their own caseload. You will be required to offer individual art therapy sessions to children aged from 4 to 17 who are resident in our two refuges or living in the community.  The post is 30 hours per week (Contract initially until end of March 2010, although we hope to extend until March 2011).

Local Government Pay Point 26 (2007/08 £21412 pro rata plus 6% pension).

Provisional interview date:  Monday 15 December

Sessional Children’s Support Workers

To offer housing related support to women and their children in our two refuges, and telephone or face to face advice and support at the Advice and Drop In Centre.  Applicants need to have an understanding of the issues around domestic abuse, and organisational skills along with the ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team.  Mutually convenient sessions are pre-arranged.  A degree of flexibility is desired to meet the needs of the project, covering for absence of permanent workers.  The rate of pay is £9.43 per hour. 

Provisional interview date:  Wednesday 10 December

Closing date for all posts is Wednesday 3 December 5.00pm.

These posts require female workers and are covered by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Section 7 (2) (d) and (e). A CRB disclosure will be required.

Introduction to Parent Mentoring - Free Workshop

This is to be run by Relate at Mansfield CVS on Monday 1st December 2008.

Please see atachment for further details.

Introduction to Parent Mentoring - Free Workshop

Community Grants Officer

SO1 £24,331 - £25,940(pro-rata for 18.5 hrs/week)

Enable supports the Voluntary and Community Sector to play an increasingly important role in the delivery of learning, skills and employment provision to meet the needs of Nottinghamshire’s most deprived communities and neighbourhoods.We now seeking to appoint a highly motivated and committed person with excellent administration skills who can develop, implement and manage a new small grants programme in Nottinghamshire and provide support to successful applicants. In addition, the person appointed will be required to co-ordinate a partnership for the delivery of the grants programme across the region. The person we need will have experience of administering grants and working with small community organisations and groups. They will also have a good understanding of the barriers faced by disadvantaged groups with regard to participation within learning and the labour market and the ability to work in partnership with diverse groups and at different levels.If you would like to discuss this post in more detail or receive an application pack please contact Sarah Fox on 0115 934 9543 or email enquiries@enable.uk.netEnable is committed to workforce diversity. We have identified that ethnic minorities and disabled people are currently under-represented within our workforce and so positively welcome applications from these groups. If you are a member of one or more of these groups, meet the requirements for this job and would like to discuss this vacancy before applying please contact us to attend a pre-recruitment information session.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATINS IS 5.00 PM MONDAY 17^th NOVEMBER

Job Vacancy at Enable

Community & Employment Manager

S02 - £26,706 

Enable is the Voluntary and Community Sector Learning and Skills Consortium operating across Nottinghamshire and within Northamptonshire.We are working to ensure the Voluntary and Community Sector is able to effectively contribute to local, regional and national strategies to address unemployment and worklessness, particularly within the most deprived communities and neighbourhoods.We need a highly motivated and committed manager to develop our work in this area, manage target driven contracts and effectively support the VCS in playing a full an appropriate role in this agenda including the delivery of community based activities.The person we need will understand the needs of people who are long term unemployed or inactive in the labour market, understand the key role the VCS plays, have experience of working in or with community based organisations, be self motivated, have a commitment to working in partnership and possess the appropriate experience and skills to ensure the successful delivery of contracts.  If you would like to discuss this post in more detail or receive an application pack please contact Sarah Fox on 0115 934 9543 or email enquiries@enable.uk.netEnable is committed to workforce diversity. We have identified that ethnic minorities and disabled people are currently under-represented within our workforce and so positively welcome applications from these groups. If you are a member of one or both of these groups, meet the requirements for this job and would like to discuss this vacancy before applying please contact us to attend a pre-recruitment information session.THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 5.00 PM MONDAY 17^th NOVEMBER 

Please click the link to read and print a copy of the training programme.