£40-50k
OTE
£30-35k
BASE
Digital participation tools for children’s services
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Digital participation tools for children’s services
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
£40-50k
OTE
£30-35k
BASE
1-20 employees
To help every child to have a strong voice and be able to safeguard their wellbeing.
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To help every child to have a strong voice and be able to safeguard their wellbeing.
68% female employees
Mind Of My Own has developed an app-led suite of products modernising the processes and systems used to gather the views of children using children’s services
Resources at organisations offering children’s services aren’t in limitless supply. Schools, healthcare, and social care settings are all seeing squeezed budgets, and the knock-on effects of this for young people can be hugely damaging. So it’s crucial that time and money is wisely spent - the only issue, historically, has been that the young people have been left largely out of the conversation
That’s an issue Mind Of My Own is trying to solve. The company works with young people to produce digital participation tools that help them communicate their lived experience to the professionals who provide education or care for them. The idea is to offer children as young as two years old, including those with additional needs, the ability to communicate their needs and feelings in whatever form they see fit, at any time. Professionals can then aggregate these results on a complementary analytics platform
The hope is that this will help schools and care settings allocate resources better, and potentially make substantial savings (both financial, and in terms of children’s wellbeing) through early prevention. The apps are used in over a third of local authorities in the UK
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
May 2014
$0.2m
GRANT
Yvonne Anderson
(Director)Previously served as National Director of Children's Mental Health at the Health and Social Care Advisory Service. Set up Cernis and Sixteen25 - both companies looking at improving care for children and young people.
Jill Thorburn
(Director )Jill has over 25 years experience in social work leadership and management in all areas of children’s services and has always worked to develop revolutionary technology to improve practice.
Business Development Director - Highly experienced New Business Manager. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Sales, Key Account Relationship Building, Account Management, and Teamwork.
Chief Executive at Mind Of My Own
Product Director at Mind Of My Own
Yvonne Anderson (Director )
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Meaningful work (5)
Flexible working (4)
Opportunities to learn (3)
Nice people (3)
My opinions are valued (2)
Team energy (2)
Innovative product (2)
Open and honest communication (1)
Supportive management (1)
Great work is recognised (1)
I enjoy working at Mind Of My Own, because the work is highly meaningful, it directly relates to making an impact in young people's lives, improving the social framework for children, and making a difference through my job. One hardly gets such opportunities in the tech role.
Product
Meaningful work
Sep 2022
Amazing company management which is focused on employee well-being. I have worked at many companies in the past, but the employee experience has been best at Mind Of My Own as I feel heard, cared for, and supported in all ways.
Product
Focus on employee wellbeing
Sep 2022
The work ethic is great, with a supportive team and colleagues who inspire each other. As part of the product team, I work closely with the internal team as well as the external Dev team, and have always felt that my opinions, ideas, and design are valued and recognized. I have been able to contribute through new product development, and improvement of existing products, moreover working closely with the users and facilitating co-production workshops with children to design effective solutions.
Product
My opinions are valued
Sep 2022
They offer great flexible working and with a young family this is the level of support I need to still be able to work and look after our children.
Sales & Account Management
Family friendly
Sep 2022
You are freely offered many opportunities to share your views and thoughts on any business decisions and suggestions for improvement to the company. All views are heard and valued
Sales & Account Management
My opinions are valued
Sep 2022
It's so great to finally be able to work for an organisation that does meaningful work where the whole company truly believe in it's core values and beliefs.
Sales & Account Management
Meaningful work
Sep 2022
New to the team, I have been welcomed with warmth, enthusiasm and encouragement. Such a great group of passionate and dedicated individuals!
Marketing
Team energy
Sep 2022
Mind Of My Own make amazing apps that support the needs of young people and children across the U.K. and internationally. All apps are co-produced, meaning they are consitently designed and developed, with the children and young people who use them!
Marketing
Inspiring mission
Sep 2022
Fantastic team work! The team is entirely remote so effective communication is really important. Everyone works coherently and collaboratively offering honest feedback and advise!
Marketing
Open and honest communication
Sep 2022
The Mind Of My Own team is fabulous! We work together to draw on one another's strengths and knowledge to build strong, supportive relationships.
Sales & Account Management
Nice people
Sep 2022
They are incredibly generous in terms of flexibility, allowing you to work compressed hours in a manner that suits you and around other commitments you may have.
Sales & Account Management
Flexible working
Sep 2022
The collaborative work that exists between the teams allows for learning both internally and externally. Personal knowledge and expertise is acknowledged and the opportunity to share this is welcomed.
Sales & Account Management
Opportunities to learn
Sep 2022
Mind Of My Own is always open to allowing staff to explore what they are interested in. I, for example, had the opportunity to learn more about data analysis and project management, while colleagues have been able to dive deeper into product design or development areas.
Operations & Strategy
Opportunities to learn
Sep 2022
We make digital participation tools for children and young people to share their views, wishes, and feelings - helping to give a voice to some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Operations & Strategy
Meaningful work
Sep 2022
The energy at Mind Of My Own is electric. I've never been so excited to work for a company! I spend a lot of time analysing our data. Whenever I find something interesting, the team around me is so quick to jump in and suss out how we can build something to deliver more value to customers.
Operations & Strategy
Team energy
Sep 2022
At Mind Of My Own team members are quick to acknowledge people's contributions and to celebrate great work. Managers intentionally seek, and give, feedback about what people do well, alongside areas where we can develop further.
Marketing
Great work is recognised
Sep 2022
All our employees work from home, and/or shared work spaces. We are able to negotiate flexible working hours allowing us to spend time with family or meet other commitments. Taking regular breaks, and healthy habits such as having walking meetings, is encouraged and also modelled by the leadership.
Marketing
Flexible working
Sep 2022
Every time I show the Mind Of My Own products to people they are amazed at the design and functionality. I love that we are continually co-producing our product developments with children and young people. This makes our product uniquely suited to meet their needs.
Marketing
Innovative product
Sep 2022
I find it very rewarding being a part of an organisation using technology to improve childrens lives. We work closely with Local Authorities across the UK to ensure childrens voices are heard and acted upon.
Operations & Strategy
Meaningful work
Sep 2022
The full team are fantastically supportive, and there is a culture of encouragement throughout. My manager is always available and approachable.
Operations & Strategy
Supportive management
Sep 2022
We are always learning from each other across the organisation through information sharing, alongside training sessions with highly experienced professionals from within the sector. There's also a generous training budget for external training.
Operations & Strategy
Opportunities to learn
Sep 2022
Here at Mind Of My Own you can decide how to spread your hours during the week, which makes it easy if you have children or any other commitment that you don't want to give up on
Operations & Strategy
Flexible working
Sep 2022
Mind Of My Own apps are innovative, co-produced and always changing, according to our customers' and young people's needs. They do help young people to express their wishes and feelings.
Operations & Strategy
Innovative product
Sep 2022
The team here at Mind Of My Own is very friendly and helpful, although we all work remotely we have created a very nice environment and it's a pleasure to work together.
Operations & Strategy
Nice people
Sep 2022
The team at Mind Of My Own are incredible people, hard working, collaborative and ambitious for the services and young people it supports.
Operations & Strategy
Nice people
Sep 2022
Job of my own, is Mind Of My Own's unique package that offer employees complete flexibility. The team are all over the world - New Zealand, Portugal, Wales, France (at certain times of the year!) what works for you, can and will work for the company.
Operations & Strategy
Flexible working
Sep 2022
Mind Of My Own offers organisations a digital answer to putting the voice of the child at its core, really meaningful work.
Operations & Strategy
Meaningful work
Sep 2022