Apprenticeship Tutor - Business Service 1132

• Vacancy Type
• Permanent/Full Time
• Hours per week
• 40 hours per week
• Location
• National/ Remote
• Salary Range
• £26,880 per annum
• About Us

• Central YMCA is transforming. This is an exciting time to join us as we look forward toward growth and progression and focus on our purpose to advance the education, health and wellbeing of our communities. We want to create improved access to life-changing opportunities and enable everyone to achieve their potential, live a fulfilled life and contribute positively to society.

  What we offer
  • 27 days annual leave + 3 annual leave days over Christmas + bank holidays
  • Extra annual paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days
  • 4% Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Life Insurance
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a wide range of free and confidential services for you and your immediate family (including counselling sessions)
  • Employee Discount Scheme
• About You

• To be successful in this role you should hold:

  • A recognised Business Admin or Team Leader qualification & recent relevant experience
  • A recognised teaching qualification is desirable
  • A1 assessor or equivalent qualification or experience of delivery within the field, or willing to work towards

  We are looking for candidates who have excellent communication skills and the ability to create great rapport, helping not only to support our learners, but to engage with employers about each learner’s progress, as well as to explore new opportunities. You must be confident in the use of online learning tools, Microsoft office and be confident in delivery of skills & knowledge both in person and remotely.

  You will also be highly organised, with demonstrated planning and time-management skills, supported by good IT skills and meet the criteria as laid out in the person specification for the role.

• About the Role

• We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Business Service Tutor to join our team of professionals delivering Apprenticeship Standards on a national basis.

  As part of this role you will:

  • Deliver high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment for Business Administration L3, Customer Service L2, and Team Leader L3 apprenticeships

  • Manage a caseload of apprentices, ensuring progress, achievement, and timely completion

  • Plan and deliver engaging training that meets apprenticeship standards and Ofsted expectations

  • Build strong relationships with employers to support learner development and positive outcomes

  • Ensure Off-the-Job Learning is planned, evidenced, and compliant

  • Maintain accurate learner records and contribute to quality assurance and inspection readiness

  • Promote safeguarding, equality, diversity, and high professional standards

  You will deliver inspirational programmes that engage and motivate our learners to progress and achieve.

  This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team and do something great for yourself and others. If this sounds right for you, click apply now and register your details.

  Safeguarding responsibilities: This role will involve daily contact with learners, and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All staff have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and/or vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact. The Charity’s Safeguarding Policy is available fromCentral YMCA website.Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, teacher prohibition check, the receipt of satisfactory references, overseas check (if applicable), relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates.Regulated activity: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask...

Role profile
Development Worker

Location:

Edinburgh, Midlothian or Scottish
Borders (with some hybrid work
possible, some travel required)

Hours:

36.25 hrs

This role is subject to a Protecting Vulnerable Groups
(PVG) Disclosure

Find out more about working at Health in Mind on the
careers section of our website.

About us
Health in Mind is one of Scotland's best-known and trusted mental health charities. Since 1982,
we have evolved in response to need and now promote positive mental health and wellbeing in
local communities across Scotland.

Our vision

Our purpose

Everyone in Scotland has
positive mental health and
wellbeing, and can access
high-quality support if, when
and how they need it.

Through our unique pathway of support,
collaborations, campaigns, and resources,
we build hope, resilience and
understanding of mental health and
wellbeing. We bring this to life by:

• Living our Values
• Focusing on Communities
• Being knowledgeable and expert
• Having national reach

Our approach to support

People tell us what we do is special and
unique- it is the 'Health in Mind way'. This
is summed up by our approach to support:
• People at the heart of all we do
• Trauma skilled and informed
• Support when and how people need it
• Curious, proactive and flexible
• Community focused and collaborative
• Accessible to all
• Peer engagement and support
• Upholding human rights.

Our values

Our values are at the core of everything we do.

We help people when they need it,
walking with them and sharing
hope along the way. When people
are feeling low and finding things
difficult the skilled staff within
Health in Mind help them to find
hope and remind them change is
possible.

- Team Leader

The Team

Team Structure

This role sits within the Support and Service Delivery
organisational pillar.

Engagement Pathways Team
The Engagement Pathways Team have a pivotal role in
ensuring that people get to the most suitable mental
health service for them. In this role, you will support
people through their enquiry. This team ensures that initial
conversations, including risk assessments and outcome
measures are completed with the supported person to
ensure suitability ahead of them beginning with a service.

Development Worker
Our development workers have a comprehensive
knowledge of our services and others available in
communities. You will work in a collaborative way with
supported people and support teams to ensure people
have positive experiences with Health in Mind.

Our Services
We offer a range of services in Health in Mind across our
services in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Scottish
Borders. Including psychoeducational courses, groups,
peer support, guided self-help, counselling and one-to-
one mental health support.

Head of Services

Senior Services
Manager (South)

Engagement
Pathways Team-
Development
Worker

Senior Services
Manager (North)

Midlothian
Services

Scottish Borders
Services

Edinburgh
Community
Mental Health
Service

Counselling
Services

Trauma Support

Being part of Health in Mind has helped me
through  some difficult times in my recovery. A
service I'm most  grateful to have had or life could
have been very different.

Person accessing Midlothian Community Mental
Health  and Wellbeing Services

Role Profile

Role Focus
• I am responsible for enquiries, initial conversations, baseline outcome measures, risk assessments
and reviews within my area. Ensuring that people get to the right service to improve their mental
health and wellbeing, and realise their potential, in line with their hopes and goals.

• I am community focused and work collaboratively, with curiosity, and flexibility.
• I respond to the needs of the community and people I work with. I ensure an enabling approach is
adopted, drawing on individuals’ personal assets and support networks together with community
resources.

• I build and maintain comprehensive knowledge of community groups and services to connect

people with the most appropriate support through local knowledge

• I develop creative and innovative ways to reach out to those most isolated and vulnerable within

their community

• I value and encourage insights and the expertise of lived experience, using my own experience

where appropriate.

• I am accountable for demonstrating the quality and effectiveness of my work and providing accurate
and timely information into organisational systems and producing reports based on my area of work.

• My approach is compassionate, and trauma informed; putting people at the heart of all I do,

ensuring support is offered when and how people need it and is accessible to all.

Relationships
•

I proactively build positive, respectful relationships with
my team, colleagues, external stakeholders and the
wider community. I understand this is at the heart of my
effectiveness in this role.​

• Within my relationships I work with integrity and am

open, and inclusive, and I contribute to any discussions
in a respectful, ...

Lancaster District Food Justice Partnership

Development Worker

Job Description

Location: Hybrid working between LDFJP and Citizens Advice North

        Lancashire offices, and out in the community

1.  Reporting to: Community Advice Team Leader

2.  Reporting to the LDFJP Development Worker: N/A

3.  Contract Duration: 12 months fixed term

4.  Hours: 21 hours per week (can be worked flexibly where needed)

 Evening and weekend work may be required within the 21 hours per week

5.  Salary: £27,292 FTE (£16,375 actual)

6.  Holidays: 40 days per annum FTE inclusive of bank holidays and Christmas

shutdown (24 days per annum actual)

7.  Main Purpose of the Job:

The Development Worker will oversee work that meets the Lancaster District Food

Justice Partnership (LDFJP)’s charitable aims and future action plans. You will have a

passion for engaging with communities around food insecurity and issues of

poverty. You will have excellent organisational skills, the ability to work with a range

of people, work well in a team and use your own initiative. Experience of planning

and delivering community-based projects is essential for this post.

The overall aims are:

a.

Increase involvement in decision making around anti-poverty work and food

insecurity, by people with direct lived experience

b.  Increase recognition of the social value of food

c.

Increase learning and development opportunities for those directly affected

by food insecurity to share their experiences, skills and knowledge

d.  To further the LDFJP’s charitable aims and develop an action plan in line with

these

e.  To encourage and support increased engagement and participation from the

Lancaster District’s network of food support organisations, maintaining great

communication and partnership working

f.  Work with wider funding networks to ensure future sustainability of this role

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities

●  Work with LDFJP members, and the wider FoodFutures network, to further the

charitable aims of LDFJP, ensuring member organisations are sharing
information and working in a collaborative way

●  Consult and engage with relevant communities and partners to ensure

co-development of solutions that appropriately meet the needs of our target
audiences

●  Specific support of LDFJP food club network. This includes organising,
facilitating and chairing monthly meetings with the LDFJP’s food clubs,
regularly visiting food clubs when needed, liaising with FareShare and
Lancaster City Council regarding distribution of HSF (Household Support
Fund)

●  Work with partners to maintain and develop appropriate monitoring and

evaluation and complete data collection. Ensure appropriate measures are
taken to record impact

●  Promote improved understanding of broader support available to

communities

●  Research possible training opportunities for staff, volunteers and

communities

●  Work with partners to identify gaps in provision and development

opportunities and support with funding applications where necessary in
completing actions

●  Pursue LDFJP priority issues and specific objectives including resource

development, referral pathways and public information

●  Be the active link between the LDFJP and the wider FoodFutures network and
report back to the LDFJP Core Group meetings as necessary (this includes
attending monthly Heart Group meetings and Quarterly FF Partnership
meetings)

●  Attend and serve as note-taker (until another is identified) for all bi-monthly

online/ in-person LDFJP meetings

●  Attend and report directly to LDFJP trustee meetings (these may co-exist

alongside bimonthly LDFJP meetings.)

●  Link in with work being done as part of the Lancashire-wide food support

network

●  Promote the LDFJP’s values, vision and activities using press, marketing, and

social media

●  Link in with work being done as part of the Lancashire-wide food support

network including FoodFutures

●  Promote the LDFJP’s values, vision and activities using press, marketing, social

media and FoodFutures website

●  Embed and progress the Food Ladders Approach and Food Circles

approaches. Supporting groups to access land for growing, community
kitchens and composting sites to increase movement to rung three and
overall sustainability

General Responsibilities

●  To engage with and contribute to your own training and continual

professional development

●  To take responsibility for your own health and safety and that of others in line
with LDFJP and Citizens Advice North Lancashire's Health & Safety policies
●  To take responsibility in safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable

adults in line with the LDFJP and Citizens Advice North Lancashire's
Safeguarding policies

●  To work under the Service Level Agreement between LDFJP and Citizens
Advice North Lancashire. You will be employed by Citizens Advice North
Lancashire but the role is to develop and work with LDFJP and their aims and
objective...

Breckenbrough Woodand Centre – Alternative Provision Teacher (Full time)

Start Date:

April 2026

Pay:   MPS + SEN Allowance (£2787 p.a.)

Are you motivated to work in a provision that really is more than a school where the vision is to improve the
quality of life for all students? Are you enthused by the prospect of supporting an ethos where the holistic needs
of every student are prioritised and where we strive to see the good in everyone?

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly skilled applicants with experience of either special, mainstream or
alternative provision settings, with the ability to deliver high calibre learning experiences in our brand new
satellite provision. This post will be based full time at Breckenbrough Woodland Centre, Skutterskelfe, TS15 0JR.

Breckenbrough School caters for boys aged 9 to 19, who are primarily diagnosed with Autism, PDA, ADHD, and other
complex needs. As a school with a Quaker ethos, we pride ourselves on our shared values of equality, respect,
tolerance, honesty, forgiveness, and conflict resolution, as we strive to attain the best outcomes possible for all our
students.

Breckenbrough Woodland Centre will provide alternative provision for both Breckenbrough and non-Breckenbrough
students, within a safe, nurturing, inclusive and inspiring woodland-based learning environment. The aim of the
provision is to achieve positive engagement in education, development of wider employability skills and positive and
sustainable progression pathways.

 If you have a genuine love of learning and an appreciation of how a nurturing and caring environment can support
all children to grow into happy, healthy, and successful individuals, you will make a great addition to our team.

Breckenbrough Woodland Centre is the right school for you if:

•  You are committed to putting the individual needs of the students first
•  You are prepared to work flexibly in a vibrant, caring, and supportive environment, with students who really

appreciate the work that staff do

•  You can deliver challenging and highly engaging learning experiences and are driven to maintain our

outstanding outcomes for all students

•  You enjoy working with a positive and established staff team
•  You have a knowledge of successful strategies and/or the motivation to develop these in meeting the needs

of young people with Autism or other complex needs including trauma, school avoidance.

•  You have an understanding of barriers to learning and have a drive to support young people in overcoming

them

In return, we will offer you:

•  An incredibly happy working environment with a staff team who are extremely supportive
•  A leadership team who are hands-on and accessible every single day
•  Continuous CPD and opportunities for professional and personal growth
•  An exceptional ethos of care for students, staff, and families
•  Pay parity offered for similar position and responsibilities
•  An offer to join Teacher Pension Scheme with employers' contribution
•  Complimentary refreshments throughout the day
•  Cycle to work and Tech schemes
•  38 week term dates

Breckenbrough Woodand Centre – Alternative Provision Teacher (Full time)

Breckenbrough School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to
satisfactory references, occupational health assessments, vetting and enhanced DBS check. The school has an
induction programme and a genuine ongoing commitment of staff professional development. A 12-month
probationary period will apply.

For an application pack please visit the jobs section of our website www.breckenbrough.org.uk

Closing date for applications: Noon on Wednesday 10th December.  Interviews: Monday 15th December.

Please note – Interview day will be both at Breckenbrough School, Sandhutton and then Woodland Centre,
Skutterskelfe.

Person Specification for Convenor of Church Life
Fund Committee

Person Specification

Requirements  Essential

Desirable

Experience
and
Knowledge

Skills and
Abilities

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Experience in convening/
chairing meetings
Leadership experience,
ideally in a committee or
other governance role
Experience in facilitating
discussions and building
consensus

Knowledge of URC
governance structures, ethos,
policies, and procedures
A heart for joining in with
where God is at work in the
world and growing the Church
A commitment to, and strong
understanding of, good
stewardship of the Church’s
resources
Basic knowledge of charity
and fund governance
Understanding of
financial scrutiny,
budgeting, or grant
assessment
A willingness to advocate
for change, and the work
of the Church Life Fund

Strong communication skills,
both written and verbal, with
the ability to engage with
diverse stakeholders
Ability to facilitate both online

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Previous experience of
being part of a
committee in the URC at
local church, synod, or
Assembly level
Experience in and
knowledge of one of the
Church Life Fund’s
funding streams, i.e.
shared service provision
(HR, IT, payroll,
accounting, buying), lay
worker grants
(employment law), or
new communities of
discipleship and worship
Understanding of charity
law
Experience of
charitable grant-
making

•

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Ability to support
committee members
in their roles
Strong public speaking
and presentation skills
Conflict resolution

•

and in-person meetings
Ensure effective oversight of
processes and procedures
•  Work collaboratively with a

training

•

diverse range of people
Good IT skills including
Microsoft Office, Zoom and
email

•
•  Work collaboratively with
a diverse range of
people
Ability to analyse
complex information and
make evidence-based
decisions

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Other

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Member of the United
Reformed Church
Commitment to
confidentiality in
handling of sensitive
financial and pastoral
information
A commitment to
equality, diversity, and
inclusion
Awareness of
safeguarding and best
practice in the church

Role Description for Convenor of Church Life Fund
Committee

Role Title

Main Points of Contact

Connected Roles

Sources of Support

Location

Time Commitment

Remuneration

Convenor of Church Life Fund Committee
Successor roles to CLR Programme Manager and CLR
Administrator (Secretary and Minutes Secretary)

Members of Church Life Fund Committee
Members of Accreditation sub-committee
Members of Faith in Action and Ministries Committees

Applicants to the Church Life Fund
Successor role to CLR Programme Manager
Successor role to CLR Administrator

The majority of meetings will be online. Where meetings
are residential or in person, these will take place at
mutually convenient locations.
Times will be agreed out once the Committee is formed, to
meet the needs of the Committee members.
Quarterly meetings, consisting of 3 online meetings and 1
in person meeting per annum (dates and times suitable for
the membership of committee) plus additional follow-up
work between meetings.
General Assembly residential meeting (Fri to Mon) in
June/July, Assembly Executive one evening in November
and a residential meeting (Fri-Sun) in February each year.
Volunteers are not remunerated. The URC will ensure
expenses incurred by volunteers while supporting the
work of the Church Life Fund Committee are
reimbursed, in accordance with URC expenses policy.

Background: Following the decisions of the Extraordinary General Assembly 2025, the
Church Life Fund Committee has been formed. Under delegated authority, Church Life
Fund Committee will provide advice to URC Trust on the expenditure of the restricted
Church Life Fund.

Committee Summary: The Church Life Fund Committee will advise the United
Reformed Church Trust on the use of the restricted Church Life Fund, under delegated
authority from General Assembly. Its remit includes reviewing and recommending
funding for shared services, lay worker grants, and new communities of discipleship and
worship grants; ensuring appropriate stewardship of the Fund; and maintaining clear
alignment with Assembly decisions, synod contributions, and regulatory requirements.
The Committee exercises delegated oversight of applications, monitors outcomes,
safeguards good governance and compliance, and ensures that funding decisions
reflect the values and priorities set by General Assembly.

Principal  responsibilities  and  duties

Convening and Running Meetings

1.  Work with the Secretary of the Committee to plan meetings and ensure that
the agenda covers the appropriate items for discussion throughout the year.

2.  Ensure that the agenda responds to the work as directed by General

Assembly and United Reformed Church Trust.

3.  Ensure that the work of the committee remains within its approved Terms of
Reference (and delegated authority from General Assembly and URC Trust).

4.  Enable equal participation from the membership of the committee through

measured chairing of meetings.

5.  Approve minutes of each meeting for timely circulation to Committee

members.

6.  Ensure that the budget is managed by staff members, acting on behalf of
URC Trust, and that the Committee has a part in oversight and review.
7.  Ensure that the Committee’s risk register is reviewed at appropriate intervals
during the year and any necessary actions taken, including submission of the
risk register at review periods.

8.  Work with the Secretary to develop, and keep under review, the three-year
plan of Committee work and matters for General Assembly and URC Trust.

9.  Act as the point of contact when liaising with other Committees.
10. Oversee the Committee’s relationship with URC Trust, Accreditation Sub-

Committee, other committees, and sub-committees, acting as a key point of
contact.

11. Communicate the Committee’s advice to URC Trust, in collaboration with the
Secretary and other Committee members (particularly those representing
URC Trust).

12. Ensure collective responsibility for the Church Life Fund, including its

communications, expenditure, and support for applicants.

General Assembly/Assembly Executive

1.  Ensure appropriate papers for General Assembly and/or Assembly Executive

are provided to Business Committee by the relevant deadline.

2.  Present papers and associated resolutions to General Assembly or Assembly

Executive with support from the Secretary as appropriate.

Oversee Committee Membership

1.  Work in collaboration with the Secretary to ensure that the membership is
able to effectively fulfil its role, and that members of different types (synod
representatives, URC Trust representatives, etc) are well supported in
their work.

2.  In the event that an appointed member has to resign before the end of

their three-year term, work with the Secretary and Nominations Committee
to ensure a process to fill the vacancy is carried out.

3.  Encourage and support the members in their work, enabling collaboration

and mutual encouragement.

Advocacy and Collaboration

1.  Advocate for the...