[Jobs] More jobs ...

[dancefloorlandmine]

A couple more jobs just advertised here. Unfortunately, details aren't yet on our website, but they will be soon. They are advertised in the Guardian and Charity Job website.

SANELINE Co-ordinator/Trainer (17.5 hours p/w, £23,200 pro rata)
Supervising helpline shifts and delivering volunteer training, you will have you will have excellent group training skills in an interactive setting, a strong knowledge of mental health issues and a minimum of two years experience supervising / supporting helpline volunteers. Variable hours, some weekdays, but evening and weekend availability are essential.
Ref: CT1G. Closing date: 23/06/06. Interviews: 03-04/07/06.

And the interesting one:
SANELINE Email Co-Ordinator (full time, £25,000)
Running SANE’s new email service, including project managing the launch and set up, day-to-day delivery and monitoring the response to service users, you will have experience in the mental health field, project management and email service delivery. Additionally, you are skilled in written communication, supporting service users and volunteers, with strong administrative, organisational, training and assessment skills.
Ref: EC1G. Closing date: 19/06/06. Interviews: 26-27/06/06

To apply, call 020 7375 1002 or email recruit(at)sane(dot)org(dot)uk, quoting the job reference number for an application pack.

Yep, the second one is basically helping set up an entirely new service, and then running it.

I need to update my "werk desk" icon.

Comments

ta, second one duley forwarded...

[snesgirl.livejournal.com]

to friend in need of a job!

[freeqboi.livejournal.com]

seriously tempted to apply for the second one, but really dont th i have anywhere near the knowlage to do it... sadly

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a bit of a "special" one. Basically, it's a new project for what is effectively an e-mail helpline. Whoever gets the job will need to spec and create the service ... and then provide it.

[freeqboi.livejournal.com]

i guessed... im not that organised! hehe i'm more of a throw things together and learn as i go kinda guy...

i do need a job where i get to build pc.s all day tho. that would be heaven.

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

Isn't the second one basically just an Exchange Administrator? Or am I missing something?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Nope, it's not the technical aspect of setting up the service, but the service development and provision side of things.

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

Buy Exchange box. Install and configure Exchange to auto-respond. Write form email response. Set up fail-over system so email continues to work even if ScarlettRock unplug something vital to the rest of business. Sit back, put feet up.
No?
Oh yes, development. Draft several revisions of form email. Sit back, put feet up again.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Nope, it's for an e-mail equivalent to the helpline. The person who gets the job will be responding to the emails from the people using the service.
Service development would include raising awareness of the service and so on.

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

Ah, with you now.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

No problem. Oh bugger, hope that doesn't mean that we get a load of techie applicants ... that used to happen when the Database Officer job refered to Database Administrator. I did try to point out that that is actually a technical term in the IT world, but was (initially) told "That's not what we mean by it.")

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

I imagine you will get a fair amount of techie applicants. The ad reads (to me) like you're looking for someone to project manage setting up an email system from scratch. It's not clear that it's to be an equivalent to a helpline, nor that you're essentially looking for the equivalent of helpline operator who can type. Just asking for experience of the Mental Health field doesn't indicate that that they would need helpline type expertise.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Heh. Glad I'm not fielding the enquiries, then! As per usual, I didn't have any input into the text, because it's nothing to do with any of my roles.
And yep "helpline operator who can type (and set up e-mail-based helpline)" is basically the job spec, AFAIK. Hopefully once people have seen the full details, they'll work out what it is. I hope.

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

Only if the full details are markedly different to what I saw. Then again, maybe it's just me.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Well, it could be partly coming from the tech viewpoint - but if you can read it as that, then other people can too.

The full details include a full job description and person spec, so should be clearer. I hope.

[becksydee.livejournal.com]

sent here by cloudwalker_3 to have a look at the 2nd one ... saw this on the guardian jobs website but didn't pay much attention for a couple of reasons (the constant use of the term "mental illness" makes me flinch somewhat, plus i wasn't sure if i'd have the right experience) but now i've read the comments thread here i might reconsider. i've set up and run a few online support groups for people with mental health problems so it may well be ideal ... ta! :o)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Is the blurb on the Guardian website different from the one above? Because that doesn't mention "mental illness" at all, just "the mental health field".

[becksydee.livejournal.com]

i meant sane in general rather than the job advert specifically - sorry, that wasn't v clear

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] Sorry! Had me confused. Happens pretty fast ...

The "mental illness" usage is probably partly from SANE's initial target of Schizophrenia, and is more commonly used than "mental ill-health". The service provision side of the organisation is actually pretty separate from the campaigning arm, with a focus on service delivery.

You know sanjibabes too? [sproink] The world's just shrunk another notch.

[becksydee.livejournal.com]

yeah ... i guess it means more to most people than "mental distress" or "mental health difficulties" or whatever, personally speaking though i don't like it very much - imo it's v medical model & potentially excluding to people who wouldn't necessarily class themselves as being "mentally ill" (people with depression, people with PDs etc, although i know all that's included in sane's info)

anyway, yes, i do indeed know sanjibabes! :o)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Ta for that! And it's something I can point out.

[becksydee.livejournal.com]

cool, that would be good. at the end of the day, no organisation's ever going to find terminology that suits everyone, but i think to a lot of people, MI *just* means schizophrenia & bipolar disorder. maybe sane's research people should do a survey ;o)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

sane's research people
[grin] I'll ask her.
Actually, that might be part of one of our "mental illness" surveys, but if not.