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Young Carers Support Coordinator
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Young Carers Support Coordinator (Volunteering Lead)
Winchester, Hampshire (Hybrid)
£22,042 per annum (£27,185 FTE)
Part-Time (30 hours per week to include a Wednesday and Thursday)
Our client is a small independent charity that supports young people who take on caring responsibilities for an unwell or disabled family member. They provide programmes of support to empower Young Carers to look after their physical and emotional wellbeing and have experiences they would otherwise miss out on.
They believe that Young Carers are children first and should be free to develop emotionally and take full advantage of opportunities for educational achievement and life success.
About the Role
As a Young Carers Support Coordinator (Volunteering Lead), you will work as part of a small dynamic team to plan and deliver our client's support programmes for Young Carers. This will include taking responsibility for a specific age group and leading on their programme as well as supporting with other age groups.
Major Responsibilities
- Delivering the Young Carers Exploration Programme, which provides emotional wellbeing support to Young Carers aged 8 - 17.
- Supporting the delivery of the annual activities programme.
- Coordinating the work of volunteers, including recruitment, induction, and ongoing professional development.
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Key Tasks
- Work as part of a team, leading the weekly delivery of the Charity's term-time Exploration Programme that takes place on Wednesday evenings.
- Support the Young Carer's Support Coordinator Activities Lead in organizing and delivering aspects of the Charity's Activity Programme, that takes place on some evenings and during school holidays.
- Coordinate a team of volunteers including their recruitment, training, retainment, supervision, and professional development.
- Confidently identify what support is needed for a Young Carer and work with the team to make appropriate referrals to other organisations when necessary.
- Record all interventions with Young Carers into the Charity's database system.
- Take every opportunity to raise awareness of Young Carers and the issues they face with individuals, families, partner organisations, and funding organisations.
- Follow all of the Charity's policies and guidelines, including safeguarding, and lone working, and ensure that volunteers adhere to relevant policies.
- Proactively contribute to the wider work of the team by attending relevant team meetings and training as and when required.
- Undertake any other duties as determined by the Manager that are appropriate to the level of this role.
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Experience
- Minimum 18 months experience of working with children and/or young people aged 8 - 18 in an education, youth work, health, social care or voluntary setting.
Skills
- Ability to organise and work to deadlines.
- Ability to communicate with children, young people, and adults.
- Ability to work as part of a small team and be flexible.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Proficient use IT systems including Databases, Microsoft Word, Spreadsheets, etc.
Training and Qualifications
- Relevant training to NVQ 3 or equivalent in a related field (e.g. Youth Work, Health and Social Care, Education).
- Certificate or training in First Aid - desirable.
- Recent safeguarding training - desirable.
- Recent training in behavioural and emotional factors affecting children and young people - desirable.
- Counselling skills - desirable.
Benefits
- Opportunities for hybrid and flexible working.
- 24 days a year annual leave (pro rata).
- A workplace pension scheme with employer contributions.
- A chance to learn and grow with an organisation that is passionate and creative about its mission.
As part of our client's commitment to safeguarding, please note that this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and reference checks.
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