Title of Role: Trustee

Location: Working from home  

Responsible to: Working closely with the Coordinator and other Trustees

Responsible for: Working with the Board of Trustees to provide oversight and strategic direction to the Care Rights Project

Salary: Voluntary

Hours: Approx half a day a month, including meetings

Term: Three years

The Care Rights Project

The Care Rights Project provides free advice and advocacy for migrants with no recourse to public funds who also have care needs. The Care Act 2014 enables local councils to provide social care, which can include financial support and accommodation, to adults who have care needs, even if they have no recourse to public funds or no leave to remain. We work directly with people who need to access support, and we also assist other organisations by s providing training and advice on particular cases.

The Care Rights Project was established in 2021 and we now employ two part-time staff members. As a small, and relatively new charity we are looking for opportunities to grow and develop, so there will be plenty of scope for Trustees to help shape the future of the Project.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for Trustees with a background in one or more of the following areas:

Immigration: immigration advisers/solicitors

Healthcare: medical professionals who have worked with people who have care needs.

Accountancy: qualified or experienced accountants (to take on the role of Treasurer)

Personal experience of the issues we work with: people who have experience of no recourse to public funds and/or accessing social care from the local authority

In addition to the above, candidates must have:

• Analytical and evaluation skills, demonstrating good judgment

• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship

• Demonstrable commitment to migrants’ rights

• Personal and professional integrity

• Ability to commit time to conduct the role well, including attending meetings and events outside of normal office hours

• Strategic vision

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building abilities

Specific Responsibilities

• Ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, and any other relevant legislation or regulations

• Ensure that the organisation pursues its objectives as defined in its governing document to ensure the organisation applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objectives

• Contribute actively to the Board of Trustees' role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation

• Provide advice, support and expertise related to the Trustee’s specialist knowledge (immigration; finance; social care etc)

• Set overall policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets

• Take collective responsibility for the actions of the organisation and other Trustees

• Ensure the effective and efficient administration and financial stability of the organisation

• Attend meetings, reading all relevant papers in advance, and use relevant knowledge or experience to provide advice and guidance and help the Board to reach sound decisions

• Participate in other tasks as arise from time to time, such as interviewing new staff, helping with fundraising

• Keep informed about the activities of the organisation and wider issues which affect its work

If you would like to apply, please send your CV, a covering letter of up to 2 pages and a completed monitoring form to admin@thecarerightsproject.org by 5pm on the 13th January 2025.

If you would like to find out more about the Project prior to applying, please feel free to get in touch for an informal chat.