Support specialist 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
Employment Specialist
Reed In Partnership —Chesterfield
- £31,000 - £33,400 a year
- Full-time
- Sales
- Travel
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
Patient Support Advisor
New Patients —Featherstone
- £27,768 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Computer literacy
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
13d
Desktop Support Specialist
Fragomen —Sheffield
- Full-time
- Windows
- Microsoft Office
- IT
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Estates Administrator
Wakefield College —Wakefield
- £28,316 - £29,754 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Administrative experience
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
12d
Head of Retail
BARNSLEY HOSPICE —Barnsley
- £51,150 a year
- Full-time
- Sales
- Travel
- Hospice
- Free parking
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Group Employee Relations Adviser
DFS —Doncaster
- £29,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Computer literacy
- Human resources
- Leadership
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Therapist - (Addiction) Linwood House
UK Addiction Treatment Centres —Barnsley
- £29,000 - £30,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Care plans
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
Quick apply
5d
Generalist Adviser - Macmillan Money and More
Citizens Advice Derbyshire Districts —Newbold
- £29,806 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Quick apply
Customer Service Specialist
Sherwin-Williams —Sheffield
- £27,895 - £34,044 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Specialist Mentors (ASC and/or MH)
North East NMH —Leeds
- £34 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- Travel
- Mentoring
Quick apply
Large and Complex Loss Handler
Leeds City Council —Leeds
- £46,142 - £500,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
Occupational Health Adviser (OHA) - part time 15 hours per week
Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service —Sheffield
- £11,419 - £11,988 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Travel
- In-person
- Work from home
- Sick pay
Quick apply
9d
Appointment Setter
AWR Doncaster —Doncaster
- £25,000 - £45,000 a year
- Part-time
- CRM software
- Sales
- Salesforce
Quick apply
14d
Claims Notification Handler
FMG —Huddersfield
- £24,853 - £28,880 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- In-person
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
12d
Support Worker
HesleyGroup —Barnsley
- £13.45 an hour
- Weekend availability
- IT
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Family Support Worker
Outwood Grange Academies Trust —Barnsley
- £28,035.71 - £29,971.90 a year
- Full-time
- School
6d
Learning Support Specialist - Fashion
Leeds Beckett University —Leeds
- £30,378 - £34,610 a year
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
Healthcare Lighting Specialist
A S D Lighting PLC —Rotherham
- From £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Sales
- Salesforce
- Computer skills
Quick apply
Property Claims Handler
Integra Insurance Solutions Ltd —Leeds
- £28,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
Quick apply
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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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support specialist jobs in barnsley, syk

Advocacy Manager

Employment Specialist

Patient Support Advisor

Desktop Support Specialist

Estates Administrator

Head of Retail

Group Employee Relations Adviser

Therapist - (Addiction) Linwood House

Generalist Adviser - Macmillan Money and More

Customer Service Specialist

Specialist Mentors (ASC and/or MH)

Large and Complex Loss Handler

Occupational Health Adviser (OHA) - part time 15 hours per week

Appointment Setter

Claims Notification Handler

Support Worker

Family Support Worker

Learning Support Specialist - Fashion

Healthcare Lighting Specialist

Property Claims Handler

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