Learning and development leader Work, Jobs in Barnsley, Syk (with Salaries)

Advocacy Manager
Rethink Mental Illness —Barnsley
- £37,406 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Training & Development Leader, RPC (Remote Patient Care)
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust —Wakefield
- £49,387 - £56,515 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
14d
Safeguarding Learning and Development Coordinator
Luminate Education Group / Business Support —Leeds
- £36,987 - £39,238 a year
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Project management
- Education
- Annual leave
2d
Learning and Development (L&D) Lead
One Medical Group —Leeds
- Up to £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Patient care
- Human resources
- Annual leave
8d
Sustainability Compliance Manager
Equans —Wath upon Dearne
- Full-time
- Team management
- Construction experience
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
10d
Deputy Head Teacher
High Peak School —High Peak
- £66,368 - £75,049 a year
- Full-time
- Data analysis skills
- Analysis skills
- Leadership
- Employee assistance programme
Clinical Development Partner
Sanctuary Group —Sheffield
- £54,852.84 - £58,074.84 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Nursing
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
6d
Curriculum Team Leader - Education and ITT
Bradford College —Bradford
- £44,065 - £46,664 a year
- English
- Bachelor's degree
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
9d
Job Coach - Supported Internships - Peripatetic, Yorkshire
Shaw Trust —Wakefield
- £26,228 - £32,083 a year
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Transport Operations Manager - Nights
Gist Limited —Barnsley
- £50,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
People Director
SBFM —Leeds
- £111,000 - £120,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Human resources
- Free parking
Lecturer ESOL
The Sheffield College —Sheffield
- £32,098 - £39,551 a year
- 8 hour shift
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
6d
Digital Information Manager
Equans —Wath upon Dearne
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Mentoring
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Rethink Practice Development Facilitator
Leeds City Council —Leeds
- £46,142 - £49,282 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
7d
Assistant Director of Repairs and Maintenance
Accent Group Ltd —Bradford
- £90,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Travel
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
13d
Business Support Manager
Beck Primary School —Sheffield
- £36,246 - £39,614 a year
- Full-time
- Data analysis skills
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
17h
Head of Policy and Performance
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council —Bradford
- £65,022 - £75,278 a year
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
- Leadership
13d
Learning Manager
Amazon UK Services Ltd. —Leeds
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Project management
- Bachelor's degree
Operational Team Leader
NHS Resolution —Leeds
- £66,582 - £77,368 a year
- Management
- English
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
6d
Technical Leader
NHS Resolution —Leeds
- £66,582 - £77,368 a year
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
6d

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Advocacy Manager

Rethink Mental Illness -
Barnsley

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Job details

Full-time
£37,406 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Referral programme

Qualifications

IT
Communication skills

Full job description

Location: Field-based – Barnsley & County Durham
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours) - Permanent
Salary: £37,406

Lead change. Empower voices. Make a real impact.
At Rethink Advocacy, we believe everyone deserves to have their voice heard.
We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Advocacy Manager to lead high-quality advocacy services across Barnsley and County Durham. This is an opportunity to drive meaningful change – not just for individuals, but across entire communities.
If you’re a strong leader who thrives on improving services, developing teams, and delivering impact, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role
As an Advocacy Manager, you’ll take overall responsibility for the delivery and performance of advocacy contracts in your area. You’ll lead from the front – supporting your team, driving quality, and ensuring people receive independent, person-centred advocacy that truly makes a difference.
You’ll work across a range of services, including statutory and non-statutory advocacy, supporting people to have their rights upheld and their voices heard.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will:
Lead and manage services

Oversee contract delivery, ensuring services meet KPI targets and achieve positive outcomes
Develop and deliver local service plans aligned to community needs
Monitor performance, quality, and compliance with legal frameworks

Inspire and develop your team

Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, development and performance
Provide supervision, guidance and support to advocates
Create a culture of openness, learning, and continuous improvement

Drive quality and innovation

Ensure high standards across audits, reporting and case management
Identify opportunities to improve and develop services
Lead on action planning and continuous service improvement

Build relationships and partnerships

Work collaboratively with stakeholders, professionals and partners
Represent Rethink at external meetings and local forums
Strengthen networks to enhance service impact

Ensure safe and effective delivery

Oversee safeguarding, risk management and health & safety
Manage incidents and complaints, embedding learning into practice
Ensure robust systems, processes and compliance across services

About the services

You’ll oversee services including:

Barnsley Advocacy Service – delivering a wide range of advocacy (e.g. IMCA, IMHA, Care Act, community advocacy)
County Durham Specialist Mental Health Advocacy – supporting people in relation to mental health services

You’ll lead a team of trainee and qualified advocates, ensuring flexible and responsive support to meet local needs.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who is:
✔ A qualified advocate (who could be working towards additional remits)
✔ An experienced leader who can inspire and develop high-performing teams
✔ Confident managing performance, change and complex situations
✔ Organised, proactive, and able to prioritise competing demands
✔ A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
✔ Knowledgeable about safeguarding and advocacy frameworks
✔ IT confident, with experience of systems and reporting
✔ Flexible and able to travel across the service area
Above all, you’ll be passionate about empowering people and improving lives through advocacy.

Why join Rethink?

Lead services that create real, lasting impact
Be part of a supportive and collaborative leadership team
Shape the future of advocacy in your area
Access ongoing development and learning opportunities
Work in a values-driven organisation with people at its heart

Important information

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check (Adults and Children)
Regular travel across Barnsley and County Durham is required

Ready to apply?
If you’re ready to lead with purpose and help people have their voices heard when it matters most, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and be part of something meaningful.

Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:

Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

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learning and development leader jobs in barnsley, syk

Advocacy Manager

Training & Development Leader, RPC (Remote Patient Care)

Safeguarding Learning and Development Coordinator

Learning and Development (L&D) Lead

Sustainability Compliance Manager

Deputy Head Teacher

Clinical Development Partner

Curriculum Team Leader - Education and ITT

Job Coach - Supported Internships - Peripatetic, Yorkshire

Transport Operations Manager - Nights

People Director

Lecturer ESOL

Digital Information Manager

Rethink Practice Development Facilitator

Assistant Director of Repairs and Maintenance

Business Support Manager

Head of Policy and Performance

Learning Manager

Operational Team Leader

Technical Leader

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