Job Title: Community Connector
Project: Welcome/Laskavo Prosimo
Reports: Communities & People
Salary: £22,000 pro rata (16 hrs per week) Mon – Fri
Location: Cedarwood, North Tyneside, NE29 7QT
Contract: 12 months Fixed Term
Requirement: Fluent in Ukrainian and English 

Cedarwood is a Charity dedicated to improving the quality of lives for residents living in North Shields and the wider Northeast region. In the last four years we have become a lead innovator in supporting people to become empowered to access health, wellbeing, social, and leisure activities, and to take a step into education, training, and employment.  We strive to help make North Shields an inclusive community.

By actively listening to the community, we have identified a need to provide Ukrainian settlers (from the Homes for Ukraine Scheme) with support to help them further their transition to British and local culture, specifically the place and people of our region. 
A key element of this role is to deliver activities that provide cultural connectivity with Ukrainian traditions to ensure these traditions are kept alive for the current and future generations of Ukrainian settlers.

If you are seeking a role that has the potential to be a key support service for the communities in our region. If you have the skills to motivate, encourage and empathise with people, then this may be the role for you.

To apply for this role, please contact louise@cedarwoodtrust.com for an application pack. 

This post is funded by the Watkin Family Fund via the Community Foundation, to who we give grateful thanks for their support. Without it, Cedarwood would not be able to respond to emerging community needs. 

Closing date: Friday 15th September 2023 at 11:00am. If you have not been contacted 3 weeks after this date, you have been unsuccessful in your application. 

Today is the ‘National Day for Play’, celebrated every year on the first Wednesday in August, which is the 2nd August 2023. It’s all about recognising children’s right to play and the important role it plays in their development.

This year’s theme is ‘playing on a shoestring – making every day an adventure’. We want to use this as an opportunity to encourage children and families to play at low or no cost, using different resources and their imagination.

To mark the occasion, North Tyneside’s Children’s Council have developed their own ‘How to Play’ guide, full of ideas to help children play on a shoestring. DOWNLOAD HERE.

On the 2nd August, we are inviting families across the borough to come out and play. There will be free fruit and play facilitators at the Rising Sun Country Park from 10am – 2pm, along with copies of the How to Play guide.

We are encouraging everyone to get involved by putting on your own activities and promoting the day. However, you decide to mark the occasion, tag them on Facebook @NTParticipation with your photos and top tips for play, using the hashtag #PlayingonaShoestring and #Playday2023.

If you have any activities on, please let us know so that we can advertise them as part of the campaign. We have attached the children’s council booklet and a poster and would appreciate your help in circulating these.

​🌿🍽️ Cedarwood Trust Launches State-of-the-Art, Environmentally Friendly Meal Production Kitchen! 🍽️🌿

We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of Cedarwood Trust's brand-new meal production kitchen, a cutting-edge facility that aims to revolutionise the catering sector with its modern cooking equipment and unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability.

🟢 Empowering Catering Students
One of our primary objectives with this initiative is to train a new generation of catering students in innovative cooking methods and large-scale production cooking. By providing hands-on experience and valuable skills, we seek to empower them to pursue successful careers in the catering sector.

🟢 Reducing Carbon Footprint
At Cedarwood Trust, we take our environmental responsibility seriously. Our meal production kitchen is designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible. We are determined to make a positive impact on the planet by actively reducing our carbon footprint.

🟢 Alternative Option for Voluntary Groups
In an effort to support the broader community in reducing their carbon footprint, we offer voluntary groups an alternative option for their meal requirements. By commissioning Cedarwood to produce meals for these groups, they can rest assured that their food is being prepared in an eco-conscious manner.

🟢 Experienced Trained Chefs & 5-Star Food Standard
Our team of experienced trained chefs brings their passion for cooking and culinary expertise to every dish they create. With Cedarwood's strong commitment to excellence, we are proud members of the National Association of Care Caterers and maintain a prestigious 5-star food standard rating.

🟢 Hot, Chilled, and Frozen Meal Delivery in Electric Vans
Cedarwood goes the extra mile to ensure that our meals not only meet the highest quality standards but are also delivered sustainably. We utilise electric vans to transport hot, chilled, and frozen meals, further reducing our environmental impact.

Join us in our mission to make a positive change in the catering industry and contribute to a greener, more sustainable future. For any meal production needs, think Cedarwood Trust, where excellence and environmental consciousness meet!

For more information or to place an order, please contact us at info@cedarwoodtrust.com

Together, let's create a better world, one delicious and sustainable meal at a time! 🌍🍴

Job Title: Community Connector
Project: Learning For Life
Salary: £26,000 pro rata
Duration: Full Time 32hrs / Permanent
Location: Cedarwood Hub, North Shields, North of Tyne
Clearance Required: DBS
Responsible to: Project Manager

Job Purpose

• To work within the mission and values of the charity.
• To inspire individuals to develop a healthy lifestyle, including the development of physical and mental health and wellbeing.
• To actively outreach and encourage people to engage in the Step up into Care and Nurture Academy training, to encourage return to employment, further education, or volunteering.

Key Responsibilities
 
Your duties are to:

• Actively contribute to an inclusive, stimulating, and welcoming environment for staff and service users by promoting a culture that maintains all professional boundaries.
• Actively promote the Cedarwood Trusts values and ethos.
• Manage your own time and workload effectively, whilst also working as part of a team.
• Identify any opportunities for quality improvement and raise them through the Bright Ideas process.
• Contribute to the organization’s marketing and publicity.
• Keyholders must adhere to keyholder responsibilities.
• Actively engage with the community through varied and appropriate channels to promote the learning opportunities provided by the Cedarwood Trust.
• Actively recruit students to the Step up into Care and Nurture Academy programs and compete Individual Learner Records (ILRs) as appropriate to meet NTCA monthly targets.
• Ensure that service user files are maintained to meet the requirements of Ofsted and NTCA.
• Liaise and work alongside the tutors to ensure a smooth and supported transition for all students.

 

• Support individuals by developing and maintaining good communication with people accessing the program to ensure that their strengths, goals, and preferences as individuals are met.
• Connect people to relevant opportunities and services within their community to achieve their goals.
• Develop positive working relationships with key health and social care workers, including care navigators, GPs, and neighbourhood enhanced care teams.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key relevant community-based service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals, including other local voluntary, community, and social enterprise organizations.
• Build up knowledge of what opportunities and services are available in the local and wider community, and assist individuals to access through attending with them or providing information on the means to do so.
• Monitor and record key information on the Upshot system (and ILR folders where appropriate) regarding individual’s participation, including tracking (client journey) their experience and outcomes and provide timely feedback to referral partners.
• Support and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the program, including producing relevant monitoring reports as well as collecting broader qualitative and outcome data from case studies, focus groups and interviews to understand how or why the delivery approach is impacting on people and the local community.

 
 
NOTE: Cedarwood Trust provides front line services and recognises the need to respond flexibly to changing demands and circumstances. Whilst this job description provides a summary of the post, this may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing circumstances.

​If you are interested in this role, please email louise@cedarwoodtrust.com for an application pack and the closing date for applications is the 7th July 2023.

Job Title: Community Adult Learning Tutor
Project: Learning For Life
Salary: £28,000
Duration: Full Time 37hrs / Permanent
Location: Cedarwood Hub, North Shields, North of Tyne
Clearance Required: DBS
Responsible to: Project Manager

Job Purpose
This role is part of Cedarwood Trusts Learning for Life community Adult Learning provision. Offering a wide range of courses and qualifications in health and social care (Step Up into Care). We are seeking to recruit a tutor to deliver Step Up into Care courses in both the Cedarwood Hub and across the North of Tyne, to design, plan, deliver and evaluate high quality learning opportunities and experiences for learners in response to their identified needs.

Accountabilities:

Deliver Learning:

• Plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment.
• To initially assess learners’ starting points and monitor their progress, set challenging tasks and objectives, and build on and extend learning for all learners.
• Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning and assessment, setting goals that stretch and challenge.
• Motivate and inspire learners to promote achievement and develop their skills to enable progression.
• Address the mathematics and English needs of learners and work creatively to overcome individual barriers to learning.
• Promote the benefits of digital technology and support learners in its use.
• Apply appropriate and fair methods of assessment and provide constructive and timely feedback to support progression and achievement.
• To support learners to develop personal, social and employability skills for them to progress into further learning or jobs that meet local and national needs.

• Maintain and update your teaching / training expertise, vocational competence, and digital skills.

 
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Personal Management and Continuous Improvement 

• Actively contribute to an inclusive, stimulating, and welcoming environment for staff and service users by promoting a culture that maintains all professional boundaries.
• Actively promote the Cedarwood Trusts values and ethos.
• Manage your own time and workload effectively, whilst also working as part of a team.
• Undertake continuing professional development including participating in supervision, performance reviews and attending training as/when required.
• Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies & procedures, and guidelines.
• Keep abreast of policy and professional development within your area of professional expertise.
• Adhere to and live our workplace values of being caring, adaptable and honesty.
• Identify any opportunities for quality improvement and raise them through the Bright Ideas process.
• Contribute to organisational development and quality improvement through collaboration with others.

 
 
NOTE: Cedarwood Trust provides front line services and recognises the need to respond flexibly to changing demands and circumstances. Whilst this job description provides a summary of the post, this may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing circumstances.

​If you are interested in this role, please email louise@cedarwoodtrust.com for an application pack and the closing date for applications is the 7th July 2023.

Job Title: Learning For Life Manager
Project: Learning For Life
Salary: £30,000
Duration: Full Time 37.5 hrs / Permanent
Location: Cedarwood Hub, North Shields, North of Tyne
Clearance Required: DBS
Responsible to: CEO

Job Purpose:

• To lead and develop the team to deliver a high-quality person centred, customer focused service as directed by the CEO.
• To ensure Cedarwood Trust’s vision and values are embedded in the team.
• To ensure all requirements of the service specification are met

Main duties and responsibilities:
To lead, manage and develop the team by:

Core Delivery Duties

• Providing management of our Adult Community Learning programme (Learning for Life, which consists of Step Up into Care and the Nurture Catering Academy), ensuring and maintaining effective delivery of all relevant elements to the North of Tyne.
• Ensuring that the Learning for Life provision achieves all identified requirements within its function and integrates with all appropriate areas of delivery within Cedarwood Trust. Provide management support to the Employability Skills and Basic Functional Skills element of the service, ensuring it promotes progression.
• To lead on the audit of the service, including customer service and satisfaction. Actively seek feedback from service users and ensure that the service is meeting their ongoing needs.
• Develop internal quality assurance processes to ensure that delivery meets the needs of the group, is aspirational, and promotes employability.
• Contributing to and promoting an asset-based community development agenda, and be adept at overcoming stigma and promoting the benefits of community inclusion to both the client group and wider community networks.

Personal Management and Continuous Improvement

• Actively contribute to an inclusive, stimulating, and welcoming environment for staff and service users by promoting a culture that maintains all professional boundaries.
• Actively promote the Cedarwood Trusts values and ethos.
• Manage your own time and workload effectively, whilst also working as part of a team.
• Undertake continuing professional development including participating in supervision, performance reviews and attending training as/when required.
• Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies & procedures, and guidelines.
• Keep abreast of policy and professional development within your area of professional expertise.
• Promote, adhere to, and live our workplace values of being caring, adaptable and honesty.
• Identify any opportunities for quality improvement and raise them through the Bright Ideas process.
• Contribute to organisational development and quality improvement through collaboration with others.

Team Management and Development Duties

• Providing operational management and maintain the effective running and administration of a Learning for Life Service: assigning work to team members, monitoring and supervising the day-to-day delivery and quality standards of the work.
• Providing motivation, leadership, and support to staff in specific areas of service delivery.
• Undertaking capability assessments, disciplinary investigations, and grievance issues, where appropriate.
• Monitoring attendance, annual leave, and absence, undertaking return to work interviews and implementing absence management procedures for your staff as necessary.
• Providing support, supervision and coaching to project staff.
• Through team meetings, supervision, appraisals, manage and develop individuals and teams against objectives.
• Ensuring practice development and ongoing training is provided to the relevant staff within your teams.
• Providing effective communication and presentation of key messages to staff, volunteers other agencies and stakeholders
• Ensuring safeguarding procedures and policies are adhered to.
  
• Developing own skills and those of the team to always deliver an excellent service and throughout the progress of the Project.
  
• Assisting in the building of a cooperative and collaborative team that is flexible and adaptable to changing requirements.
  
• Participating in and promoting training and development opportunities.

Leadership Team Duties

• Being an active member of the Leadership Team.
• Supporting the Leadership Team to develop and implement action plans for achieving and maintaining performance targets and KPIs.
• Supporting the Leadership Team to develop and maintain the culture and values of the service.
• Assisting in the identification of risks and problems and working with the Leadership Team to resolve them.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of Ofsted auditing systems.
• Initiating innovative forms of service delivery and identifying development opportunities to maintain and develop service provision.
• Ensuring service user involvement and influence is evident across the service.
• Undertaking other responsibilities as reasonably required to ensure the efficient running of the service.

Note: This job description is intended to provide a guide to the general duties and responsibilities of the post. It should not be regarded as a contractual document. It will be reviewed regularly and may be varied at the discretion of Cedarwood Trust Senior Management Team.

If you are interested in this role, please email louise@cedarwoodtrust.com for an application pack and the closing date for applications is the 7th July 2023.

Job Title: Meal Development & Cookery Tutor 
Salary: £26,000 per year (37.5 hrs per week) Mon – Fri
Location: Cedarwood Centre, North Tyneside
Contract: Fixed 12 months with possible extension

Cedarwood Trust is a Charity dedicated to improving the quality of lives for residents living in North Shields and the wider North East region. In the last four years, Cedarwood Trust with the leadership of the CEO has become a lead innovator in the region. 

Supporting people to access affordable food is a key part of the work we do at Cedarwood, from free meals to people in crisis to supplying ready meals to our social supermarket. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 55,000 free meals were provided to the community.

We are now seeking to expand further into developing a ready meal provision based at the Cedarwood Centre in a brand-new bespoke production unit.

The role is twofold in developing the ready meals service and teach cooking skills to students. 

If you are seeking a role that has the developing potential to be a key support service for the communities in our region. Have the skills to motivate, encourage and emphasis with people, this is for you. 

As tutor, you will be responsible for delivering weekly cookery sessions to produce the ready meals. With lessons that support students to develop a range of catering skills to support them bridge the transition into employment.

1. To lead weekly cookery sessions, developing and delivering schemes of work, weekly lesson and evaluation plans and end case studies.
2. To support learners in setting and achieving targets in their individual learning programmes. To assess, monitor and track students' progress and achievements.
3. To identify and report any safeguarding concerns.
4. Develop the meals to the door community service and enterprise opportunities.
5. To attend team meetings, undertake staff development courses and participate in supervision and teaching observations.
6. To adhere to Environmental Health & Safety policies and procedures within the work placement.
7. To follow all Cedarwood Trust policies and procedures.
8. The job description is a guide, and you will carry out other duties as appropriate and required.

Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience Essential

1. Relevant professional or vocational qualification or substantial experience of catering and hospitality sector.
2. Experience of teaching cookery classes.
3. Ability to work as part of a team.
4. Experience of working with diverse cultures and of addressing the needs of different sectors of the community.
5. The ability to work flexibly under pressure.
6. Knowledge and understanding of Equal opportunities and Diversity, and an ability to ensure that policies are implemented through everyday practices.
7. Evidence of clear and effective communication skills.
8. High level of computer literacy, in particular Microsoft Office and use of email and internet.
9. Appropriate levels of numeracy, language and literacy at a standard required for the role.
10. Professional Qualification in catering and hospitality.

To apply for this role, please contact louise@cedarwoodtrust.com For an application pack.

Closing date: 30th June 2023 at 11am.

If you have not been contacted 3 weeks after this date, you have been unsuccessful in your application. 

Acclaimed mystery writer, Ann Cleeves officially cut the ribbon and opened Cedarwood's new Community Library for residents at the Cedarwood Trust in Meadow Well, North Shields.

​The Cedarwood Trust was featured on BBC Politics on 11th December 2022 in relation to the cost of living crisis, and how the charity is helping the community this Christmas, with a drive to get presents for families this year.

For those who can, please donate £5 to help us continue providing this essential support for the community by texting CEDAR to 70085.

For those who need help, please call us FREE on 0330 094 8454.

You can donate a custom amount here: https://www.cedarwoodtrust.com/donate

David Johnson will be available at the Cedarwood centre on Monday, 31st October, 🎃 from 10am till 2pm offering a drop-in for residents to come along and get financial advice - FREE. David will be able to offer advice and info relating to:

• Supporting with budgets and advising where to save on spends
• Reviewing utilities including gas and electric through Utility Warehouse
• Giving advice on Wills and reasons to have one in place. An appointment can be booked for writing the Will.
• Discussing mortgage end date, where I can refer to one of my colleagues for a call back if required.
• Reviewing loans and credit cards and offer advice.
• Reviewing current insurance policies and checking to see if written into trust. An appointment can be booked to review policies and I can rebroke if required.
• Also, able to offer a call back about pensions from a colleague too.

David is a Will writer for The Will Guys based in Wallsend. Everyone that works for the Will Guys are also FCA regulated protection advisors for The Financial Guys.

With the news that is circulating over the past few months about the cost of living crisis, they have been offering free financial well-being reviews to support people to navigate their way through it.