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Location

Northampton, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

KidsAid is a charity supporting children affected by trauma. We seek a Standards & Compliance Lead to assist the board in establishing, and monitoring compliance with ethical, professional, and clinical standards.

What will you be doing?

KidsAid is a child-centred charity. We focus on healing and empowerment for children affected by abuse, family breakdown, illness, and bereavement through to anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicide.

Our Values

• We put the needs of children at the centre of everything we do.
• We strive in delivering excellence in creative therapies.
• We value difference and treat people equally.
• We respect families in all their forms.
• We listen to each individual and respond to their personal needs.
• We encourage individuals to fulfil their potential.
• We seek to provide the most cost-effective service possible.

Our Objectives and Activities

We are proud to deliver long-term, evidence-based therapies alongside innovative interventions at an affordable cost to families who do not have access to other services or have the financial means to fund therapy themselves.

We take a three-pronged approach to our work with children that includes therapeutic support for the individual child, support for parents or care givers and support for professionals working with children.

The Challenges Ahead

KidsAid considers itself an advocate for good practice in early years development, mental health provision and family support.

Since our small beginnings 16 years ago, KidsAid has built a reputation for providing positive and lasting outcomes for the children we support. We work closely with Northamptonshire Children's Trust, other local charitable organisations and over 75 schools each year.

In 2022-23 KidsAid provided therapeutic provision for 329 individuals and delivered 4074 hours of therapy. Last year our service grew by 75% and our support extended beyond Northamptonshire to include referrals from neighbouring counties.

Such rapid growth in service provision has afforded greater financial stability. Investment is needed however, to increase staff support, board skills, systems, communications and procedures to take us forward and help us meet current and future challenges.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking a Standards and Compliance Lead with the following qualities:

• An understanding of due diligence and charity standards.
• Analytical skills and the ability to interpret and work with a range of data and information and evaluate compliance.
• A willingness to be available to the CEO and staff for advice and enquiries on an ad hoc basis.

The lead trustee for standards and compliance will be responsible for the following duties in addition to the wider responsibilities of a trustee.

Role Description.

To lead the Standards and Compliance Subcommittee in providing oversight on behalf of the board in:

• Monitoring the experience of, and standard of service provided to, those who benefit from, or otherwise deal with KidsAid, and make recommendations for change where necessary.
• Ensuring compliance with ethical, professional, and Clinical standards relevant to KidsAid’s beneficiaries.
• Monitoring organisational culture, policies, and processes to maximise safeguarding of all for whom KidsAid are responsible.
• Monitoring and keeping under review the values of the board in the context of service delivery.
• Adopting, monitoring, and updating where necessary, a scheme of delegation.
• Overseeing the management of the risk register. Identifying new risks, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating existing risks, and escalating high-level risks to the Board.
• Monitoring and auditing compliance with all relevant legal obligations, including assessing the likely effect of proposed changes to the law.
• Monitoring, compliance with the charitable objects of KidsAid, the constitution, terms of reference of the board and sub committees, and making recommendations to the board where necessary.
• Reviewing alternative national quality accreditation schemes, and making recommendations to the board, monitoring progress in achieving any agreed scheme.
• Monitoring and auditing compliance with Contracts, and tendering processes.
• Maintaining an overview of Due Diligence assessments, whether applied internally or externally.
• Evaluating advisory Codes relevant to KidsAid and making recommendations to the board for change where necessary.
• Periodically review the Charity’s impact measuring, evaluation, and data.
• Ensure that our data capture systems are fit for purpose now and in the future.

What difference will you make?

If you wish to make a long-term contribution to our community, we are your charity!

Our aim is to safeguard children so that early life trauma does not become a lifelong burden, and manifest into more serious issues in the future. 

Your role as Standards & Compliance Lead will be vital! 

You will have a lead role in providing effective leadership and governance, and ensuring that KidsAid complies with its obligations as a charity.

Before you apply

Please do apply to become a KidsAid trustee. Our mission is so worthwhile and your contribution to our board team will be greatly valued.

Should you wish to discuss further, the CEO and Chair will be delighted to hear from you.

Causes

• Children / families
• Community safety / victim support / domestic violence
• Counselling / advice
• Mental health
• Young people

Organisation type: 

Charity

KidsAid is a Northamptonshire charity. We provide support for around 250 children and young people a year. 

Our focus is on healing and empowerment (with a desire to increase the focus on...

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