Independent Visitor And Peer Mentoring Coordinator

Independent Visitor and Peer Mentoring Coordinator RBKC614851

Job Summary:

Salary range: £37,515 - £41,286 per annum 

Work location: London

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Temporary for 12 months

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

Closing date: 25th February 2024

Interview date: Week Commencing 4th March 2024

About Us:

Create life-changing opportunities for mentorship of cared for and looked after children.

At the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we put delivering for our communities at the heart of everything we do. We believe passionately that children and young people who are cared for deserve our support to raise their aspirations so they can have the best chance of a successful life. Support from Independent Visitors and Mentors is a great way to do this, as we can match young people with others who can help them develop new skills and knowledge. 

The Role:

Working closely with care experienced children and young people, you will secure Independent Visitors and mentors who can make a difference in their lives. Key to this will be developing our Independent Visitors Scheme so that it includes volunteers from a broader demographic. As well as making sure that matching and recruitment meet best practice standards, you will help to supervise volunteers and provide regular training and support. You will work alongside key partners to develop a Peer Mentoring program which aims to train and mentor care experienced young people across both Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster City Councils.

Bringing an enthusiastic, sensitive, and responsive approach to your work with volunteers, and working systematically with families, you will ensure everyone feels valued. Along the way, you will work with other agencies and professionals. You will also have support on tap across our Children’s Services. Here, you can look forward to training, development, and scope to be creative in the solutions we offer. Across a range of locations, you will work with a small cohort of children, giving you the time and space to make a meaningful and lasting difference

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

Whether you have a relevant qualification such as social or youth work, or the experience and ability to achieve one, you will certainly bring to the role a real passion for this role. We expect you to demonstrate your enthusiasm, plus a good understanding of our vision. Ideally, you will have lived experience that gives you insight into how we can best deliver a service that makes positive change happen. You will certainly bring to the role experience of volunteer coordination, project management, training delivery, and the provision of direct support to children and young people.

In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

Please note that the interview panel for this role may include one of our care-experienced young people.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s alone will not be considered for this role.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.
 

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk