Family & Volunteer Co-ordinator - Crawley, United Kingdom - Home-Start CHAMS

Description

This is a rare opportunity to join our fantastic team

If you are passionate about making a difference to local parents and their young children - read on
Due to the growth of our scheme, we are recruiting for a Family & Volunteer Co-ordinator (23 hrs pw)

Home-Start is the UK's leading family support charity.

We are a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age.

Family & Volunteer Co-ordinator:


You will be responsible for:

- recruiting, training, supervising, and supporting our team of volunteers
- processing family referrals and assessing the family's needs
- providing the right match of volunteer to family and supervising the ongoing support
- integrating support with other agencies where needed


You will need:

• NVQ level 3 or relevant professional experience

- sound knowledge of working with parents and their young children
- proven experience of providing supervision
- experience of parenting
- use of a car to enable visiting families


We will offer you:

- flexible hybrid working over 3 or 4 days (home/office/community)
- salary £17,245 (£27,742 FTE)
- paid mileage
- contributory pension scheme

This is a really interesting position and a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive, dedicated and friendly team of staff and volunteers.

We would love to hear from you if you think you would be suitable for this role.

To ensure that we have all the information we need, and in order to fairly compare applicants, we do not accept CV's.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role,
please contact Liz Roe on
At present we are working to a timetable of:

• Closing date: 12:00 Wednesday 14 February 202
• Interview Date: Co-ordinator Wednesday 21 February

Home-Start is committed to safer recruitment practice as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults. Enhanced Level DBS is required.


Job Types:
Part-time, Fixed term contract


Salary:
£17,245.00 per year

Expected hours: 23 per week


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• NVQ level 3 in Early Years or equivalent

Experience:

• NVQ level 3 or relevant professional: 1 year (required)

Ability to Commute:

• Crawley (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Crawley: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Crawley