Volunteer Outreach Coordinator Jobs in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest
Location: Community Based in the London Borough of Hounslow, flexible within North-West London with some homeworking elements.
Salary: £22,789 - £24,177, Home working and London Allowance (FTE) to be Pro Rata'd for 21 hours.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role
This role is part of our London Borough of Hounslow team, reporting to the Local Services Manager, working alongside an experienced team of Dementia Advisers and supported by Volunteers. Volunteer role management is a key responsibility.
You will co-ordinate, organise and facilitate the successful and safe provision of our services that are delivered in a group setting, including Singing for the Brain, Dementia Cafés and Peer Support Groups, across the Borough.
Our service delivery is both virtual and face to face, with a strong emphasis on community outreach and engagement. We particularly welcome applications from people who are representative of the communities we serve.
This is a home-based role, with frequent travel to community venues within the Borough. Expenses are paid for travel.
About you
This is a very rewarding front-line role that makes a real difference to the lives of people living with dementia. You will be working across a large and diverse community and will have the ability to communicate well with a wide variety of people and adapt to different settings.
- We are looking for someone with strong communication skills who will help us to expand our reach and hold relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- You will need to demonstrate an understanding of dementia and the impact that it has on people’s lives. You will have the confidence to work independently, facilitating groups of people in community settings and managing volunteers.
- Experience of supporting similar groups, leading and co-ordinating person-centred engagement and activities, is highly desirable. The ability to travel independently within the Borough is essential.
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
Outreach Support Worker
We have an exciting opportunity for an Outreach Support Worker to help young people adjust from adolescence to adulthood.
Position: Outreach Support Worker
Location: Southeast England
Hours: Full-time or part-time – flexibility in working hours required
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £24,000 - £25,000 per annum (pro rata for part-time positions) depending on experience and qualifications plus £1200 per annum essential car user allowance.
Benefits: £1200 per annum essential car user allowance, twice yearly bonuses, pension, mileage paid and flexible working, no shift work.
Closing date: 5th April 2024
About the role:
As an Outreach Worker, your role will be to assist your allocated young people in tasks that will enable them to live independently. This support will involve advice, general help and moral support, financial assistance (advice about bill payments etc) and working with young people on completion of education awards (AQA). You will be expected to work with multiple agencies to deliver holistic packages of support.
This role includes travelling to various locations to carry out support sessions with young people.
You will be expected to provide key work sessions for young people as per their placement agreement. These sessions are to be structured so that the young person can be assisted in accessing local resources, budgeting, and assisting them with gaining appropriate life skills. Using outcomes stars as a tool and completing the progress on the interactive website.
You will be expected to keep a diary of all contact with each young person and professional and to complete Outcomes Star reports on the young person which are sent to placing workers. These reports contain information about the young person and the work that has been completed with them. It highlights areas of need to help to focus key work.
It will be necessary to attend meetings such as child protection conferences, review meetings and other meetings that are deemed necessary in providing the high-quality service that is expected by local authorities and stakeholders and to ensure service delivery meets young people’s needs. You will be offered support if required when attending these meetings.
Key responsibilities will include:
- To assist young people to live independently.
- To promote the 5 outcomes in the Every Child Matters Green Paper.
- Be healthy.
- Stay safe.
- Enjoy and achieve.
- Make a positive contribution.
- Achieve economic well-being.
- To provide a caring and supportive environment for young people which respects and affirms their racial, cultural and religious identity and lifestyle.
- To assist young people in the transition from adolescence to adulthood by equipping them with life skills and empowering them.
- To help young people to sustain their accommodation and provide mediation when required.
- To help the young person and all significant persons in the design and implementation of their care plans, considering the views of the young person.
- Establish a support network.
Essential Criteria:
- To be able to build appropriate relationships with young people and form good communication.
- To be able to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, young people, and their families as well as other professional organisations and stakeholders.
- To be able to follow all safeguarding procedures and to ensure the safety and welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- UK driving license and use of a suitable and safe car for work, which is covered by business insurance.
- The ability to understand the needs of a young person and meet those needs through planning and assessment and an outcomes-led focus.
- Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours, maintenance of professional boundaries and ability to maintain positive working relationships.
- Experience of working with children/adolescents.
- Knowledge of Child Protection and Leaving Care Legislation.
About the organisation:
The employer aims to provide support to help young people adjust from adolescence to adulthood and to enable them to live independently long term.
The organisation enables the young person to take calculated risks so that they may learn from their mistakes how to cope with the pressures and responsibilities of living in the community. They deliver tailored packages of support to all young people.
THIS POST IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA BEING MET
- Suitably experienced / qualified – evidence of qualifications required
- Satisfactory formal interview at Head Office
- Satisfactory second interview (shadowing working alongside staff and interview by a young person)
- Satisfactory References at least 2 professional references and 1 character reference
- Full clean driving license
- Access to a suitable car with valid insurance, tax, and MOT
- Satisfactory enhanced DBS (Formerly CRB) Disclosure
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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.