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Our programmes tackle holiday hunger in young people, exercise and reduced isolation for older people, rehabilitative programmes for those with long term illness, creative and outdoor education programmes for schools, artist exhibitions, commissions, live productions, outdoor festivals, an annual pantomime and much more.

Disability Confident Committed 

What do I need to have?

• Ability to follow laid down procedures, work under pressure and without constant supervision
• Ability to develop positive relationships with stakeholders, partners and members of the public
• Ability to work within a team with common objectives
• Effective communication skills and the ability to deal with members of the public
• Able to work flexibly including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays
• Be willing to wear appropriate staff uniform/PPE
• Excellent time management skills

As a Break Senior Support Worker, you’ll be working hands-on day in day out with the young people living in the children’s home and act as the senior shift worker in the staff team.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments which you may need during the application or recruitment process.  If there are adjustments you would like to request, please contact contactrecruitment@break-charity.org.  We also offer reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

Able to:

• Complete a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare within
  2 years.
• Work flexibly, following either own initiative or as part of a team.
• Undertake sleep in duties where appropriate.
• Communicate effectively and demonstrate strong listening skills. 
• Establish caring relationships within professional boundaries.
• Deal with challenging behaviour.
• Maintain accurate records and write reports.
• Work calmly under pressure.
• Drive and hold a full clean Driving Licence.

This role sits at the heart of our Public Sector function and will play a key part in bringing people, priorities and progress together. You’ll work closely with major public sector customers and teams across OS to make sure complex agreements are delivered with confidence, clarity and pace. 

 We’re looking for a structured and commercially aware delivery leader with experience managing complex agreements or service environments, and a strong focus on performance, governance and customer outcomes. 

• Proven experience leading delivery of complex agreements, services or accounts, ideally within a public sector environment 
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks, KPIs, contracting and compliance processes 
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and customer relationships, including navigating political pressures 
• Demonstrated ability to use data and insight to track performance and drive improvement 
• Strong organisational capability, able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment 
• Experience producing high-quality reporting and communicating performance clearly 
• Confident influencing across teams and coordinating delivery in a matrix environment 
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy, consistency and control 
• Comfortable managing risk, issues and escalation within a structured framework 
• A team player – someone who participates within the wider team to help create an enjoyable, productive and supportive environment 

Key Experience 

• Experience supporting the delivery or administration of high value agreements, contracts, service activity or structured processes 
• Experience producing, coordinating or supporting performance reports, including data collation, checking and validation 
• Experience working in customer-focused, public sector, regulated or similarly complex environments would be helpful 

 This is an exciting time to get involved, as you will play a key role in the creative development and roll out of our new visual identity across all touch points.

Working closely with our Senior Designer, you will play a key role in embedding our visual identity across everything we produce. You will work on a wide variety of print and digital design projects, from fundraising campaigns and clinical resources, to social media content, reports, leaflets and internal communications. This is a hands-on, varied role where you’ll take creative concepts from idea to execution, always ensuring your work is accessible, on-brand and impactful.

We are looking for you to bring significant experience working in-house as a multi-disciplinary designer, with a track record of taking creative concepts from initial idea right through to final artwork and delivery. You understand how to interpret and apply brand guidelines with care and precision, ensuring every piece of work is consistent, high quality and fit for purpose across a range of formats and channels. Naturally organised and proactive, you’re comfortable managing multiple projects at once with the ability to prioritise your workload effectively and deliver great work, even when things get busy.

If this sounds like you, join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.

We expect this role to attract high interest and may close it before the advertised closing date. To avoid disappointment, we recommend submitting an application at your earliest opportunity.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the team for one permanent and full-time Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join and contribute to the innovation and success of our well-established talking therapies service.

If you do not hold the relevant qualification for the post (such as PGCert in an IAPT approved course for low intensity psychological interventions) applications will not be accepted.

• Qualifications Post Graduate Certificate in evidence based psychological treatments (IAPT Pathways) or equivalent.
• Supervision training in IAPT (LI) pathways from an accredited university OR nearing completion of this supervision training.
• Minimum 1 year of post PWP qualification experience within an IAPT service.
• Evidence working with people who have experienced a mental health problem with positive outcomes.
• Experience working in Primary Care Services.
• Experience working in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
• Evidence of delivering effective case management and/or clinical supervision.
• Experience in other areas of mental health provision (in addition to IAPT).
• Evidence of supporting  service development role and the ability to co-ordinate service delivery.
• Effective line management to staff and/or trainees, volunteers.

The Drama Worker will be responsible for planning and delivering key parts of the theatre’s Creative Learning department including planning and delivering workshops in schools, the community and at the theatre, running youth theatre sessions and working with a range of participants in a range of settings including participants with additional needs or learning disabilities.

Essential

• At least two years’ experience of devising, developing and delivering drama projects for young people and/or adults in a theatre, education or community setting.
• Experience of delivering co-creation projects (activities in which the creative process is shared between practitioner and participants, rather than a teacher/student relationship) with a range of groups.
• Skills in time management and an ability to manage multiple projects
• An understanding of contemporary theatre and drama practice
• The ability to work with initiative, flair and creativity
• Good organisational and communication skills
• The flexibility to get the best from participants with a wide range of needs and backgrounds
• The ability to liaise with external organisations and relevant groups
• Administrative skills, including basic computing and database skills, report writing, and other requirements of project planning, delivery and evaluation
• Flexibility and willingness to embrace change
• Excellent team worker, supporting the work of colleagues as well as inviting support and input in return 
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues, particularly in relation to vulnerable young people

We are looking for a Leadership Coach and Pathway Lead to deliver our Disability Leadership Pathway. Through coaching, workshops, peer support and practical opportunities, you will help Disabled people develop ideas, lead projects and create change around issues that matter to them. 

• You must be a Disabled person to apply for this role. 
• We welcome people who have developed their knowledge, understanding and abilities through a range of life experiences.
• Proven ability to reflect on your lived experience as a Disabled person and apply this understanding to recognise how barriers, assumptions, access and opportunities shape Disabled people's lives.
• Experience of building trusting relationships with Disabled people and supporting them in a positive way
• Ability to listen carefully, ask thoughtful questions and work alongside Disabled people to identify barriers, recognise opportunities and explore practical ways forward
• Demonstrates a commitment to working alongside Disabled people as individuals, recognising their strengths, choices and access requirements.
• Understanding of the value of lived experience and peer support in working alongside Disabled people
• Good IT skills, including using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Outlook Calendar.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the Social Model of Disability and how it influences their approach to working with Disabled people

Desirable Criteria

• Experience relevant to peer-led work or community activity
• Experience supporting groups, projects or community opportunities
• Experience supporting accessibility or reducing barriers to participation
• Experience supporting funding applications

This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in HR and Learning. The successful candidate will gain exposure to the full employee lifecycle and will be supported to develop their professional knowledge and skills.

• Previous administrative experience.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams; experience of SharePoint and Microsoft Forms would be advantageous.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate information clearly, professionally and confidently.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and commitment to maintaining quality standards.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively across teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, managers, external partners, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and maintain strict confidentiality.
• Experience of supporting projects or initiatives, including planning resources, risks and goal, tracking progress and managing deadlines.
• A proactive, flexible, and solutions-focused approach, with a willingness to support colleagues and contribute across the wider HR and Learning function. 
• Basic understanding of employment legislation, People policies, and compliance requirements, or a demonstrated commitment to developing knowledge in these areas.

The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. 

• Hands on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling
• Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation
• Expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management
• Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection
• Ideally, exposure to blue/green and zero downtime deployments
• Ideally, experience with autoscaling, load testing and bottleneck analysis
• Ideally, experience of working within an Agile project management structure

Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.

To succeed in this role, you will be a qualified accountant with relevant experience in a similar finance management role. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment and able to balance attention to detail with a practical, collaborative approach.

We welcome applications from all who may not feel they match the full criteria, so if you have most of the below, we'd like to hear from you:

• A recognised accounting qualification and relevant experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience of line managing and developing team members.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including developing and maintaining financial models.
• Strong communication skills and a solutions-focused mindset.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach and confidence working in an environment where activities and processes are continually evolving.
• Knowledge of government and charitable funding mechanisms, and/or experience of working in a start-up environment, would be desirable.

We may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.