As the Volunteer Coordinator you’ll develop and manage the volunteering element of the Dual Diagnosis Service and the wider Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnership.

Within the role not only will you shape opportunities available for clients to move into volunteering roles to support their ongoing recovery.  You’ll also build and maintain relationships with voluntary and statutory services as effective interagency working is paramount to the success of the role

All you need is:

• A proven track record in supporting volunteers and/or peer mentors
• A keen interest in working with and supporting vulnerable people
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships

We appreciate that this may be a development opportunity for you and we welcome your application even if you don’t meet all of the essential criteria so if you have the ability to develop any gaps in knowledge and experience please do apply.

So, what’s in it for you?

You’ll benefit from:

• Commitment to flexible working
• Hybrid working
• Incremental progression
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days
• Many learning and career development opportunities, with paid and tailored training
• Free Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 including access to counselling and GP services
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits
• Care workers discounts
• Access to our Employee Networks including BAME, LGBT+, Mental Health and Wellbeing etc.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to Corporate Health Plan

We aim for our workforce to reflect the diverse and exciting region we serve.

Good Luck!

JOB PURPOSE

To support the delivery of the aims of Age UK East London through the growth and development of Age UK East London’s volunteer programmes. This will include volunteer opportunities across the whole organisation to include:

• Befriending: Telephone Befriending and Digital Buddies, Connect Newham and Friends at Home.
• Information & Advice and Advocacy (quality assured).
• General Volunteering i.e., Admin support, activity volunteers.
• Any other suitable opportunities as they develop.

KEY TASKS

• Recruit and select volunteers in line with AUKEL recruitment of volunteer’s policies and procedures.
• To manage all DBS applications and renewals and ensure correct procedure and protocols are met.
• Prepare and train volunteers for their role so that they can offer effective support to service users.
• Match and/or place volunteers within services ensuring a clear line of communication at all times.
• To regularly review the outcomes model to understand how service users are being enabled.
• Where appropriate, to carry out home visits to assess and prepare service users for their involvement in the service. 
• Ongoing support of volunteers to include regular supervisions, team meetings, volunteer peer to peer sessions and volunteer events/awards.

ADMINISTRATION

• To ensure all aspects of volunteer recruitment are conducted safely.
• To ensure that all volunteer roles have appropriate task descriptions.
• To monitor any 1:1 relationship to ensure that they are operating successfully and that the outcomes for the individuals involved are being met.
• To co-ordinate annual service user and volunteer surveys as appropriate, collate feedback and evaluate the service provided.
• To co-ordinate the collection of data necessary to provide specific information needed for KPI’s and external requirements and outcomes.
• Report any recommendations for improvements and future developments. 
• To ensure all data is collected through AUKEL organisational customer relationship management data base system (Charity Log).

QUALITY

• To be familiar with and to implement Age UK East London’s policies and procedures.
• Work within AUKEL and the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation policies and procedures.
• Maintain the highest levels of professionalism in handling confidential data, information and disclosure from individuals, organisations and services.
• Ensure any volunteers working within AUKELs quality assured services are fully trained and supported to comply.
• To assist and support with the Investing in Volunteers accreditation process and subsequent renewal of the award.

LIASION

• To represent Age UK East London and participate in appropriate external meetings and events in order to remain aware of local, regional and national issues affecting quality and compliance issues affecting charitable companies.
• Promote the AUKEL volunteering programmes across all geographical areas of service.

GENERAL

• To meet regularly with line manager for support, supervision and appraisal.
• To attend Age UK East London mandatory training programmes.
• To attend team and staff meetings, (and other meetings) as required.
• To undertake any other duties within the competence of the post holder as may be required from time to time for the continued smooth running of Age UK East London.
• To carry out the duties of the post in accordance with Age UK’s East London’s policies and procedures including Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Confidentiality, Complaints, Data protection, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent/high levels of experience in similar work.
• Experience of working in partnership.
• Experience of people management and/or support.
• Experience of working within a befriending service.
• Experience of supporting volunteers.
• Experience of delivering to quality assurance frameworks.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge and understanding of issues affecting older people.
• Knowledge of the requirements of safer recruitment practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles of person-centred practices. 
• An understanding of Equal Opportunities and how it applies to the work of a voluntary organisation.

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to present to groups.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Good IT skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise and manage time and resources in a competent manner.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• This post is subject to an enhanced check through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
• Ability to travel across AUKEL delivery sites.
• Occasional evening and weekend work.
• Occasional any other tasks that may be required from time to time.

DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION PACK FOR FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OFFERED

Friends for Leisure are seeking a full-time Volunteer Coordinator to manage the recruitment, training and mentoring of volunteers across Cheshire East. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a rewarding and challenging position working with young volunteers and inspiring them to become more active citizens in their local community.

Friends for Leisure’s aims and objectives include providing disabled children with the opportunities to have fun, make friends and do the everyday things that other children and young people take for granted. As Volunteer Coordinator you will have a key role in bringing amazing young people together with disabled children to enhance their lives and make a real difference to local communities.

As the Volunteer Coordinator, you will be responsible for:

• Establishing and maintaining links with schools, colleges, universities, businesses, and community groups through networking and other activities, to recruit volunteers and promote the charity.
• Recruiting volunteers to become responsible friends to disabled children and young people.
• Interviewing applicants, undertaking DBS checks, and obtaining references to assess volunteer suitability.
• Mentoring and supporting volunteers, identifying training needs, organising relevant training sessions, and obtaining feedback.
• Providing relevant information for internal statistics and funding applications/reports.
• Adhering to the charity’s procedures, including equal opportunities, confidentiality, health and safety, and safeguarding policies.

As our new Volunteer Coordinator you will bring the following skills and experience:

• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written – including the ability to interact with self-assurance with a wide range of people, and to speak to large groups. 
• Have a positive ‘can do’ attitude with a good sense of humour.
• Computer literate with experience using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Previous experience working with volunteers would be a distinct advantage.
• A team player who can work independently and on own initiative.
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle required.

Along with 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and Christmas closure, there is a workplace pension and excellent training and development opportunities.

Hybrid working arrangements/part working from home options are available.

Some travel across Cheshire East will be expected. Excess mileage allowance of 0.45p/miles.

Appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references.

The role of the Volunteering Coordinator is to attract and onboard sufficient volunteers to support and grow our services and income. You will support your local team to deliver a positive volunteering experience and to attract and retain experienced volunteers.

This role is a fixed Term contract for 12 months. Working 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week. Two days will be worked in the office and the remaining three days from home.

In addition, there are 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we are committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team, and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

This post is a temporary contract for one year from start date (June/July 2022)

18 hours per week, with flexible working and occasional evenings and weekends.  £28,000 pa pro rata (£14,400 pa actual) + 5% employers pension contribution.  Based in Burpham, Guildford, with travel throughout Surrey.

Do you have experience in community work and working with volunteers?

Are you passionate about ensuring that communities access support, receive good guidance and connect with local services? 

Surrey Community Action is seeking a community worker to recruit and train Community Champions Volunteers in Surrey. We want to hear from skilled individuals who combine excellent communication skills, good organisation and experience in partnership working.

A job description and personal specification for this role is available on our website or through Amanda Channer. To apply for this role please email Amanda Channer a CV and a covering letter setting out why you feel you would be suitable for this role, making reference to the personal specification for the role.

The closing date for applications is 12noon on Wednesday 1st June with interviews scheduled for Thursday 9th June.

We are passionate about equality and welcome applications from all sections of the community, especially including people from minority and under-represented groups.

Surrey Community Action is a Registered Charity, number 1056527 and a Company Limited by Guarantee, number 03203003.

You have recent experience in mental health field (or a related area) and a good understanding of service user development and the Recovery and Personalisation agenda. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Leicestershire Life links a Volunteer Coordinator.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

We need someone like you to join the team at our Leicestershire Life Links team. We support people living with mental health problems to develop a sense of independence, purpose and fulfilment and gain the skills they need to return to work or training. But, we need your help. Your challenge? To co-ordinate the volunteering programme within the service. This will include recruiting volunteers and providing them with inductions, support, supervision and mentoring. You’ll also work with Team Leaders to further develop our volunteer network, help us develop organisational policies, procedures, protocols, systems and guidance to underpin volunteer support and good practice, and much more besides.

To succeed, you’ll need a good understanding of the principles and practice on which mental health services are run. We'll also be looking for a proven ability to consult, liaise and work effectively with colleagues and a wide range of organisations. Flexibility over working hours is important too, as is self-motivation, professional integrity and excellent time management, prioritising and work planning skills. Great at solving problems and making decisions, if you have experience of recruiting and/or supervising volunteers or implementing new services, even better, although this is not essential.

The salary for this post is £19,206 with progression to £20,216 per annum, salary uplift pending review.

This is a permanent full time post requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply Now via our website.

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

London's Air Ambulance Charity
Volunteer Coordinator
London- Permanent
Full time: 35 hours per week
Salary: £25,000

Charity People are working in partnership with London's Air Ambulance to help recruit a Volunteer Coordinator.

Every second of every day, London's Air Ambulance delivers rapid response and cutting-edge medical care to save lives in the city. Critical injury can happen to anyone, at any time. It is the biggest killer of people under 40. We bring the hospital emergency department to the scene, delivering life-saving treatment to the 10 million people who live and work in London. The service was established by a group of committed, determined and pioneering medics. They saw that people were dying before they could get to hospital. They understood that every second counts.
This is an exciting time to join this growing charity.

The Volunteer Coordinator role is responsible for supporting the Volunteer Development Manager to develop and manage the volunteer programme at London's Air Ambulance.

The role will liaise with other teams across the organisation (in particular Community Fundraising) to ensure volunteers have an excellent experience volunteering for us and are fully supported in their roles. Additionally, the role will support the Volunteer Development Manager to develop and embed processes and procedures that enable volunteers carry out their activities compliantly whilst adhering to the Fundraising Code of Practice.

Main duties

* To champion volunteering internally and externally, identifying ways to recognize and reward volunteers
* To be the first point of contact of Volunteering at London's Air Ambulance, supporting existing and prospective volunteers and our teams to provide an excellent volunteering experience.
* To support the Volunteer Development Manager with the end to end volunteer recruitment and induction processes, and develop a streamlined and inclusive experience for new volunteers.
* To coordinate and support delivery of a volunteer training programme (in-person and online) to enable our volunteers to carry out their roles successfully
* To work with the Volunteer Development Manager to coordinate our engagement activities and strategies across the year, including Volunteers Week, and annual Thank you and Recognition events. .
* To be responsible for accurate volunteer data management and input on our CRM database and produce accurate KPI reports.

The successful candidate will be a confident, pro-active self-starter who enjoys working with volunteers and understands the value they bring to an organisation. You will be motivated by growing and shaping this new programme. Ideally you will have experience of being a volunteer or working with volunteers, eexperience of using a database and coordinating events.

How to apply:

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please share a copy of your CV and Supporting Statement to [email protected]

Closing Date: Monday 13th June
Interviews: w/c 20th June

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

About us 

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. 

Crisis Skylight Brent, based in Harlesden, provides person-centred support that help people leave homelessness.  We are dynamic, value led team that is pro-active in its approach to making change not only to our members but more widely within our local area.  

About the role 

As Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will be part of Skylight team recruiting volunteers to support the delivery of the Skylight Service and supporting our members to access volunteering opportunities as they strive to end their homelessness. The main responsibilities include; the efficient running of all volunteer activities, developing member volunteering activities linked with our local and national influencing and campaigning, and working with the National Volunteering Manager in the implementation of the Crisis Volunteering Strategy. You will also be overseeing the programme of member involvement locally.

About you 

 To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience of volunteer management best practice, including developing and supporting a wide range of volunteering opportunities and an understanding of volunteers’ motivations and the benefits they bring to Crisis. You will also have experience of working with socially excluded groups and individuals including supporting them to participate in user involvement initiatives and be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of how volunteering can bring about positive change. 
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds. ​​​​​​​

Working at Crisis 

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including: 

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy 

• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5% 

• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave 

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay 

• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm 

• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website) 

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. 

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

How to apply 

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. 

Closing date: Sunday 5th June (at 23:59) 

Interviews will be held on 20th June ​​​​​​​ 

Accessibility 

We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on our website. 

Would you like to coordinate a team of Tech Angels? 

We are looking for people with great communication skills, organised, self motivated, and living within Surrey to become our Volunteer Coordinator!

We can offer you 

• Induction training and support
• On-going training and development and the opportunity to complete accredited training
• 27 days annual leave per annum (excluding bank holidays) 
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Equipment (laptop and mobile phone)  
• Pre-agreed expenses
• Prospects of career development
• Company Pension Plan
• A great team and an interesting role!

Tech to Community Connect is a service which aims to reduce digital exclusion across Surrey. 

We provide devices on long term loan to people who are disabled or living with a health condition, family carers, of older age, or to those with another vulnerability. We also offer a ‘match’ with one of our team of volunteer Tech Angels, to help with digital literacy and confidence.  We also supply who do not have WiFi access with a data sim card so that they can be connected. 

The purpose of your role will be to recruit, train, support and coordinate a team of Volunteer Tech Angels to assist residents in becoming digitally connected to reduce loneliness and isolation. 

Main responsibilities include Recruitment of volunteer Tech Angels in collaboration with the Area Coordinator, Leading volunteer training,coordinating the ‘matching’ and activity of Volunteer Tech Angels, maintaining reports of their work, promotion of the project. For full job description please see attached documents.

For full person specification and job description please see the attached documents, to apply please fill in the joining form attached. 

We’re working with a wonderful health charity who are looking for a Volunteer Coordinator to join their team. You’ll support with developing and managing the volunteer programme at the charity, coordinating and providing administrative support for their volunteer recruitment. You’ll campion volunteering, identifying ways to recognise and reward volunteers, ensuring they have an excellent experience and are fully supported.

You’ll deliver a volunteer training programme (both in-person and online) to enable volunteers to carry out their roles successfully. You’ll coordinate engagement activities and strategies, supporting regular communications and ensuring that the volunteers are kept up to date with relevant information.

You will need:

• Experience of managing or coordinating events
• Excellent organisational skills
• Previous experience of being a volunteer or working with volunteers
• Experience of using a database

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe or James on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

This post will support the Wellbeing Ambassador project, which recruits, trains, and engages with young volunteers aged 14-25 years.

This project champions co-production and the participation of young people in all aspects of service design, delivery and evaluation; highlighting the power of the voice of young people and those with adverse experience and challenges.

We are looking for a person with experience of working with young people, delivering training to young people and a person that can inspire and empower young people to engage in social action and campaigning to improve their local communities and those in need of mental health services.

This role will focus on the following outcomes:

1. Young people aged 14-25 are engaged in volunteering with Newport Mind, improving their wellbeing.
2. Young people in Newport receive timely support for their mental health.
3. Professionals are trained by the Wellbeing Ambassadors to improve how they speak to young people about mental health.
4. Young people will have accessible information about mental health.

This is an established project that will continue to thrive with an enthusiastic and passionate person, who will continue the development of the volunteering opportunities we provide to young people here at Newport Mind. 

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 28 per week

Location: Hybrid – combination of home working and days in office.  You must live a commutable distance from the office in Monks Cross, York

Closing Date: 26 May 2022

Do a job that makes a difference

If you want to do a job that matters and you are looking for interesting and varied work in a friendly team, with flexibility for some home working and loads of job satisfaction - we have the role for you.

Based in York, Family Fund is the UK's largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled children.  

We are looking for a Volunteer Co-Ordinator to work in our Fundraising Team.  In this role you will develop and co-ordinate volunteering on behalf of Family Fund.

Duties include:

• Develop a compelling volunteer programme which serves the needs of teams across the organisation
• Generate appropriate volunteering opportunities and role descriptions based on the needs of the organisation and ensure that we operate best in class volunteer management practices
• Promote volunteering through recruitment and publicity strategies and campaigns.
• Recruit and welcome new volunteers to Family Fund providing an appropriate induction, managing and nurturing the relationships ensuring that volunteers are matched with the right opportunities.
• Be key point of contact and provide administrative support to volunteers, including development of structured volunteer engagement plans.

For this role you will need experience of recruiting and managing volunteers and supporters.  You must have an understanding of volunteering policies and support arrangements.  You must have great interpersonal and networking skills, in addition to an understanding of the barriers to volunteering and steps that can be taken to address these.

 In return, we offer the chance to be right at the heart of a supportive professional team, where you'll make a real positive difference to families in need every day. As a member of our staff, you'll receive quality training for your role, contributory pension, access to our employee discounts scheme, and the opportunity to work days from home with flexible start and finish times.

About us

Family Fund is a great place to work for great people. We provide a challenging and rewarding working environment where every staff member can make their mark. We are a values based organisation, and we aim to show our values in all that we do. Read here how our staff display our values every day and click here to learn more about our staff.

Family Fund is committed to inclusion, equality and diversity, and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are a Disability Confident Employer and all disabled applicants who meet the requirements for the role will be invited for interview. If you have a disability, and are happy to let us know, please highlight this in your covering letter.

How to apply

When you're ready to apply email your CV with a covering letter to explain what skills and qualities you would bring to the team here at Family Fund.

Link Age Southwark are recruiting a full-time Volunteering and HR Coordinator who will be part of the volunteer team of the charity. The post holder will support the recruitment, induction and management of volunteers as well as overseeing the recruitment process for new staff.

Link Age Southwark has up to 350 volunteers supporting our work with older people and people living with a diagnosis of dementia in the borough. The volunteer team play a key role in ensuring that we have the volunteers we need and that volunteers feel valued in their roles. The Volunteering and HR Coordinator will also work with recruiting Managers and the Chief Executive to ensure that the staff and Trustee recruitment process is effectively managed.

Please note that the preferred start date for this role is Monday 15 August.

For full information please download the job description. To apply, please complete the application form and return to our recruitment email address.

Link Age Southwark is a great place to work, offering excellent working benefits and a healthy work-life balance. Benefits include: generous holiday entitlement in addition to all public bank holidays; a pension scheme; an employee assistance programme; and childcare vouchers. We are committed to supporting the professional development and wellbeing of our staff.

We are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to respecting diversity and promoting equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Contract type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent

Salary: £28,000

Closing date: Monday 13th June 2022, 9:00am

Interview date: Tuesday 21st June 2022

We are looking for a new Volunteer Coordinator to come on board and help us develop this new offer. We recognise the value our volunteers have previously provided to support those affected by domestic incidents and see real opportunity in evolving our volunteer offering to support our work to prevent domestic abuse. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape something new and innovative to support our existing and established programmes across Greater Manchester.

The role 

• Work with Service Managers and frontline staff to identify potential areas volunteer resource could add value
• Work with existing volunteer network to gather insight and support co-production of new volunteer offering
• Pilot new ideas and evaluate their impact to help shape a new volunteering offer
• Develop and deliver a new volunteer programme plan including producing new role descriptions and delivering recruitment campaigns
• Recruit, induct, support, and supervise a team of volunteers to support the prevention of domestic abuse
• Develop and deliver training to equip volunteers with the skills to deliver their roles
• Arrange training of volunteers through links with other organisations and the development of specialist input as needed
• Provide ongoing advice and guidance to volunteers including 1-2-1 and group supervisions
• Support effective qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation of the contribution of the volunteering team by collecting and recording information and data
• Ensure that all volunteers operate within legislative guidelines and TLC: Talk, Listen, Change policies and procedures with special reference to those pertaining to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, confidentiality, risk assessment and management, and health and safety

About you 

You will be confident in delivering group work, assessing and managing group dynamics with children and young people. You will be creative and imaginative in your approach and have experience in gaining young people’s trust. You’ll have an understanding of the impact of domestic abuse and be passionate about supporting children and young people. You will also have comprehensive safeguarding and child protection knowledge. Above all you’ll bring a positive, solution focused attitude.

About us 

Funding secured will enable TLC: Talk, Listen Change to grow our work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, their partners, and families. Over the coming twelve months, we are expanding existing programmes and developing several new ones, reaching considerably more people than we ever have before, and pioneering new approaches in this crucial area of work. This is a pivotal time for TLC: Talk Listen Change and we are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, engaged and highly motivated people to join our rapidly expanding team.  
 
We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support. 
 
We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.