AddressRole: Senior Volunteer Coordinator
Salary: £26,500 per annum plus £700 on call allowance - £27,200 per annum
Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until end of March 2025 - 37 hours a week (Some evening and weekend work is required)
Homebased – however we can offer office space to work in if preferred. You will need to live locally.
Location: Dorset – area covered by Dorset and BCP councils, Office located in Ferndown.
Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, up to 7% employer contribution pension, discount portal with your favourite brands and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of thousands of children.
A bit about the role
Dorset Nightstop provides safe, secure emergency accommodation for Dorset young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
The Nightstop service, welcomes Young People into the home of a fully trained volunteer host providing them with a safe haven whilst more permanent solutions are found.
How you'll help to create brighter futures.
AsDorset Nightstop Volunteer Coordinatoryou willCo-ordinate the safer recruitment, induction, training, and supervision of volunteers, ensuring they are well equipped to carry out their roles competently and confidently.
- Recruitment training and ongoing support of volunteers.
- Managing the referral assessing the risk and supporting young people whilst they stay with Nightstop volunteer hosts.
- Liaising with service provides (housing and social care) to gain a longer-term solution for the young person's housing needs.
- Promote the service using all forms of communication including social media to referrers and young people who could use the service.
- Provide quarterly data to fundraisers and the Nightstop Board
Let's talk about you
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people and families
- Experience of managing and supervising volunteers or other workers and delivering training
- Skills in assessing and managing risk in relation to safeguarding and health and safety concerns
- IT Literate including some knowledge of Excel.
- Ability to travel around rural areas in Dorset
Contact: Recruitment PartnerSarah Manderfield on 01923 361743 or sarah.manderfield@actionforchildren.org.ukif require any further information.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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