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Are you a parent with lived experience of supporting a child through Children’s Social Care or someone with knowledge of the Child Protection process?
Join us in York, as a Volunteer Project Officer, and play a vital role in shaping and growing our Volunteer Service across the city.
We require someone passionate about community engagement, advocacy, and prevention-based work.
A confident communicator, with superb organisational and supervisory skills
A positive team player committed to fostering growth in others.
As a Volunteer Project Officer, you'll directly assist the Volunteer Manager in expanding volunteer programmes aimed at preventing escalating needs.
Collaborate with the Volunteer Manager to oversee and deliver key volunteer programmes.
Create and launch new project ideas that support Children’s Social Care goals.
Lead recruitment, training, and retention efforts for volunteers across the service.
Provide structured, compassionate supervision and guidance to volunteers
Support independent return interviews when a child or young person has gone missing from home.
As a parent with lived experience of navigating Children’s Social Care or someone who has knowledge of the Child Protection process—your insights will help shape meaningful volunteer support.
This post is available as a fixed-term contract and is also open to internal candidates as a secondment opportunity.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition, we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
This role is suitable as a job sharing opportunity.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C1: Can express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you are an internal candidate interested in applying for this job as a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your current line manager before submitting your application.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Alison Cammiss at alison.cammiss@york.gov.uk@york.gov.uk or on 07901813436
Closing date: Sunday 17 August at 12 midnight
Interview date: Friday 19 September
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