Peer Support Group Co-ordinator
£27,000 – £28,500 FTE – 10-12 hours per week – Countywide
Our Peer Support Group Co-ordinator will help us develop a network of face to face and online peer support groups for survivors of bereavement by suicide across Cumbria. They will be responsible for recruiting, training and supporting volunteers who facilitate the groups, helping to promote the groups and to support running of our Facebook support group and other resources. We are particularly keen to recruit someone who has personal experience of suicide bereavement and who understands the value of peer support.
Download our Application Pack, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 24th November 2023.
Suicide Safer Schools Project Worker CLOSED
£28,000 – £32,000 – Options for a 4 or 5 day post – Countywide
Amazing opportunity alert! We’re recruiting a Suicide Safer Schools Project Worker to support delivery of a schools based suicide prevention training programme with pupils, parents and parents, as well as co-production of programme materials.
We are one of a small number of organisations delivering suicide prevention training within school settings at scale. Our work will contribute to a growing evidence base demonstrating the impact of prevention training and whole system approaches in schools, and will support the growing momentum of calls to include suicide prevention with the national curriculum.
Download our Application Pack, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 8th September 2023.
Training Marketing and Development Co-ordinator CLOSED
£28,000 – £31,000 – Options for a 3, 4 or 5 day post – Countywide
We are now recruiting a Training Marketing and Development Co-ordinator who can work alongside our existing training team and their delivery expertise, with a very specific remit of developing the reach and size of our income generating training offer including;
- Developing a mental health training offer for the private sector within Cumbria, and further afield.
- Developing the reach of our suicide prevention training across the UK.
- Promoting uptake of our Licensed Training Programme and Training for Trainers (TFT) programme.
- Promoting our Postvention support services
Download our Application Pack, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 8th September 2023.
Project Administrator CLOSED
£23,500 – £26,500 – Options for a 3 or 4 day post – Penrith/Kendal area
We need to recruit a new Project Administrator who can provide support to our suicide safer community project workers, our trainers, our suicide bereavement staff and our schools team, as well as supporting some central admin and management tasks.
The role will be a mix of regular project support tasks such as data entry, resource distribution and so on alongside an ever-changing range of tasks related to whatever project activity happens to be going on at the time.
Download our Application Pack, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 8th September 2023.
Associate Trainers
Every Life Matters is the leading provider of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Training in Cumbria.
The majority of our Suicide Prevention Training is externally funded and free of charge to Cumbrian organisations and individuals. Every Life Matters team of Associate Trainers also has extensive experience of delivering Mental Health Training in a wide variety of contexts. We offer both accredited and bespoke packages at competitive prices.
We are looking for Associate Trainers to join our growing team, particularly Accredited MHFA England, Living Works and SFA Tutors.
Contact Chris Wood for more details at chris.wood@every-life-matters.org.uk or call 07908 537541
CLOSED – Suicide Safer Community Co-ordinator – West Cumbria
£23,500 – £26,750 FTE – Options for a 3 or 4 days per week post
Our Suicide Safer Community Programme seeks to raise awareness of suicide, and the part we can all play in saving lives, through training, campaigning, grassroots action and local leadership.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and successful charity, and to be part of a committed and passionate team of staff working to make long term change to Cumbrias suicide rates. We need a highly organised individual, with excellent networking skills, who can manage a diverse and constantly changing workload and who has an affinity to our charities mission. We are particularly interested in applicants who may have digital marketing, website and social media skills and experience, though training can be given in this and all other areas of the role.
We have some flexibility around the numbers of days the new postholder could work. We are looking for applicants who can work a minimum of 3 days but this could be extended to 4 days for the right applicant. Please indicate on the application form the number days you would be able to commit to the post.
Download the Job Description, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is Friday 27th January 2023
CLOSED – Charity Administrator
£20,500 – £24,500 FTE – Options for 3, 4 or 5 days per week post
Due to growth of the charity in the last year, we need to recruit a new staff member who can work alongside our existing Admin Team to support project delivery, charity administration and to act as a PA to the Charity Manager.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and successful charity in a central role. We need a highly organised individual, with excellent customer care skills, who can manage a diverse and constantly changing workload and who has an affinity to our charities mission.
The postholder will join a team of two existing administrators and we have some flexibility around the numbers of days the new postholder could work. We are looking for applicants who can work a minimum of 3 days but this could be extended to 4 days or full time for the right applicant. Please indicate on the application form the number days you would be able to commit to the post.
We welcome applications from people who have lived with thoughts of suicide or have been personally impacted or bereaved by suicide.
For more information about the post please contact Chris Wood at chris.wood@every-life-matters.org.uk or call 07908 537541.
Download the Job Description, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is Friday 6th January 2023.
CLOSED – Suicide Bereavement Support Worker – South Cumbria
£12,486 (£21,000 FTE) 22 hours per week
We are looking to recruit a Suicide Bereavement Support Worker for South Cumbria who can deliver flexible and person centred support to individuals in the early stages of bereavement following a suicide. This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced individual to help shape an important new service in the south of the County for those bereaved or affected by suicide.
Download the Job Description, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is 5pm Thursday 9th September 2021.
CLOSED – Administrator
£14,000 (£20,000 FTE) 26 hours per week
Due to growth of the charity in the last year, we need to recruit an Administrator who can support our project delivery, and in particular, our Training and Suicide Safer Community Programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and successful charity in a central role. We need a highly organised individual, with excellent customer care skills, and who can manage a diverse and constantly changing workload.
Download the Job Description, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is Monday 7th June 2021.
CLOSED – Suicide Safer Community Co-ordinator – Carlisle and Eden
£15,878 (£23,500 FTE) 25 hours per week
Our Suicide Safer Community Programme seeks to raise awareness of suicide, and the part we can all play in saving lives, through training, campaigning, grassroots action and local leadership. This vacancy is an opportunity to join a growing charity, with a strong local reputation, and to develop our work further in the Carlisle and Eden area.
Download the Job Description, Application Form and Privacy Statement here.
Closing date for applications is Monday 7th June 2021.
CLOSED – Social Media, Website and Digital Marketing Lead
We want to maximise the digital reach we get across Cumbria to re-enforce our core suicide prevention messages and invigorate our our campaigning. We are looking for someone driven by social values to take on a lead for our Social Media, Website and Digital Marketing who can help us develop the quality of our output and build relevant skills and capacity within our staff team. Contract type, pay and hours can be negotiated dependant on your skills and experience.
If this opportunity interests you start by contacting Chris Wood for an initial conversation at chris.wood@every-life-matters.org.uk or call direct on 07908 537541
Expressions of interest need to be submitted by 21st June 2021