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Friends in Need Coordinator - Windsor, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Mind

Buckinghamshire Mind

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Windsor, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Description:

Friends in Need Coordinator

£22,440 plus 5% Outer London Weighting = £23,562.00 pa FT, £19,104 pa actual

Hours: 30 hours pw. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday,

9-5pm with unpaid 30 minute break

Permanent role in Windsor/Ascot/Maidenhead
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Buckinghamshire Mind is seeking a coordinator to join the team in their popular and successful Friends in Need service.
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You'll enjoy supporting people who are struggling with anxiety, depression and associated loneliness. You'll be skilled at engaging with people and encouraging them to participate in activities, and you'll expertly support them by promoting the Five Ways to Wellbeing.

Who we are.
Buckinghamshire Mind works to support and represent people with mental health illnesses living across the county. We tackle stigma and discrimination head-on. We support our service-users to live safe, purposeful and fulfilled lives in our communities. We believe in their recovery and are hopeful about their future.

Working together with National Mind we will not give up until everyone in our community gets the respect and help that they need.

In this role you'll also recruit, train and supervise volunteers, and ensure that key information is reported through regular reports.

This role provides a real opportunity to develop your skills in working with mental health and to be part of a supportive and dedicated team.

You'll see your work bring about positive change in people's lives.

See job description for more details and a description of our benefits.

How to apply

Closing date: 23rd November 2023 Interviews from 11th December 2023

Key Responsibilities:

Purpose of role

Friends in Need is a service that supports people with mental health difficulties to maintain recovery and wellbeing by developing strong local networks of like-minded people.

The post holder will act as a catalyst for its continuing development and success.

You will be responsible for marketing the service to people affected by mental health problems around Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead and support people to join and use the network effectively.

Responsibilities

A)

Supporting users of Bucks Mind

Find creative ways of engaging people affected by mental health difficulties and the loneliness and isolation that come with it, across the area and encourage them to join and use the network effectively.
Maintain a varied timetable of group activities and promote all available opportunities widely updated monthly and sent to all members.
Expertly support people to maintain recovery by promoting the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
Keep abreast of activity on the Friends in Need Facebook page and encourage people on the site to meet locally and those meeting locally to join up online.
Support and encourage people using the project to develop and run social groups and exercise events.
Ensure high levels of meaningful member's involvement in service provision.
Ensure the events and groups are run safely and effectively.
Coordinate and lead the continued development and quality of the service by maintaining effective partnerships and relationships with key agencies and stakeholders.
To work closely with referrers so that there is a good understanding of making appropriate referrals into the services.

B)

Volunteer recruitment and support

Responsibility for the supervision and training of Friends in Need volunteers.
Maintain regular contact with all volunteers and encourage active participation in activities.

C)

Reporting and promotion

Ensure key KPI data and qualitative information is collected, collated and communicated to key partners and key stakeholders, as required and directed by the Team Lead & Operations Manager.
Produce quarterly progress reports for submission to the Operations and Business Development Manager and National Mind as required.
Participate in events to promote Friends in Need and Buckinghamshire Mind generally through the CCGs, Public Health, and Wellbeing team, the IAPT team, other voluntary sector, and community sources.
Encourage celebrations of the achievements of the community.

D) General

To work within Buckinghamshire Mind's policies and procedures including Performance Management, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Equal Opportunities, Service User Involvement, Health and Safety and the Professional Boundaries policy.
To attend staff meetings and external meetings as agreed with the Team Lead & Operations Manager.
To keep the Team Lead & Operations Manager informed of matters relating to Friends in Need activities particularly those which have a bearing in the reputation and development of Buckinghamshire Mind.
To prepare for supervision and use it effectively.
To keep Team Lead up to date and informed.
To work in a flexible way to take on other responsibilities as appropriate.

**Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge and skil