About us
Changing Lives is a nationwide charity helping people facing the most challenging of circumstances to make positive change - for good. We believe that everyone deserves a safe home, a rewarding job and a life free from addiction or abuse. We know that given the right support, anyone can change their life for the better.
Our services across the country help thousands of people each year who are experiencing a wide range of complicated challenges, including homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, unemployment, involvement with the criminal justice system, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse. By focusing on their strengths, potential and opportunities, we support the people we work with to overcome their problems and live safe, successful, independent lives.
Our charity is powered by over 600 passionate colleagues who bring a diverse and inclusive environment for our colleagues to grow. We are proud to say that many have actual lived experience of the challenges faced by those we support. We are looking for committed and compassionate professionals to join our team, who share our enthusiasm for changing lives.
About the Service - Women and Children's Services
We run services and dedicated women’s centres for those who are at risk or struggling with challenging circumstances, including women in the criminal justice system and those with experience of trauma, selling sex or sexual exploitation.
We understand that women and girls have experiences which are different to men and can experience vulnerabilities that are specific to their gender. Childhood abuse and domestic abuse are common features in the lives of the women we support which impact on their health and wellbeing. Underpinning all our services is an in-depth understanding of trauma and a focus on recovery, resilience and community integration.
About the Job
We are seeking a new Project Lead within our North East based Modern Slavery, Exploitation and Sex Work Services to support the Service Manager with the delivery of the project. This role will also include supporting staff and have a level of strategic oversight and develop/maintain professional relationships and contribute to influence policy change. The Project Lead is to ensure that the Service’s key functions are performed to a high standard and meeting all funding outcomes on multiple contracts. You will support the Service Manager for the delivery of the service to enable the staff team to maintain our quality and assertive outreach working to our organisations Working with Shared Purpose model of Being, Becoming, Belonging and Beyond, Do No Harm and having a ‘Front to Back’ approach. In recent years, our services continue to evolve providing complimentary services to suit the needs of the people we serve: Specialist ISVA, Netreach Workers, Adult Sexual exploitation (ASE), Modern Slavery case worker all working alongside our team focusing on ASE, Survival Sex and Sex Work. As Project Lead you will support the Service manager to oversee and develop all lines of work with commissioners and partners, which is an integral part of holistic service delivery model. You will be responsible for line managing operational staff and ensuring the welfare of staff and people using our services remains central. Experience in safeguarding vulnerable adults is key with this role therefore as lead you must have experience to guide the team effectively. The post-holder will also be required to provide support, advice and guidance to staff and the leadership team to ensure that we remain up to date with and best practice. Changing Lives are passionate about creating a diverse workforce that appropriately reflects the communities we work in. Therefore, we positively encourage applications from individuals within under-represented communities. ROLE PROFILE A flexible approach must be adopted at all times and the ability to cover a range of tasks is essential. This role requires agile working which will include being office based, having oversight of delivery within community venues and with the possibility of some home working, therefore you will need to be able to work effectively independently, and as a virtual team, under pressure to meet challenging deadlines.
Please see Job Description for further information.
Benefits
Maternity Leave 20 weeks fully paid+up to 52 weeks of leave. Paternity Leave 2 weeks paid. Adoption Leave- same benefits as Maternity Leave. 28 Days Holiday, X2 Wellbeing Days plus your Birthday & Bank Holiday's off. Pension & Life Cover at X4 Salary