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Development and Placement Officer
The closing date is 17 March 2026
The complex psychosis pathway provides a whole system approach to Mental Health Rehabilitation and Assertive Community treatment in Leeds which includes the Voluntary Services Department.
You will work as a team to provide a comprehensive efficient and effective support service to compliment the volunteering within Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, understanding the values of volunteering, underpinning the strategy supporting the care that is delivered.
You will coordinate and maintain the flow of volunteers taking a lead coordinating the various volunteer roles throughout the different sites in Leeds and York.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide support and assistance to the Voluntary Services Manager and Operational leads and will have particular responsibility for providing a focus for the advancement of opportunities to develop Volunteering Opportunities
* To provide a focus and advise the Voluntary Services Manager on the appropriate training and development opportunities for new and existing volunteers.
* To recruit, interview, and select and deploy suitable volunteers.
* Liase with clinicians, teams and departments within the LYPFT in relation to opportunities to expand and develop volunteers and voluntary activities across the trust.
* Liase with people with lived experience to understand their individual needs in relation to volunteer placements.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job responsibilities
Main Duties cont:
* To ensure the process for completing DBS documentation for all our volunteers.
* The post holder will require persuasive and motivational skills to encourage and support participation in volunteering; they will receive complex and sensitive information with varying degree of complexity that may be confidential and require a high level of tact and discretion.
* Provide regular reports on activity and progress to the Voluntary Services Manager.
* Place volunteers into new and established Trust wide projects balancing the skills motivation and availability of the volunteer with the needs of the service.
* Calm and Confident with people in distress.
* With the Voluntary Services Manager raise the profile of the voluntary services Department.
* To process information which may be of a confidential and sensitive nature.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net. Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good standard of Education (GSCE PASS)
Skills
* Organisation skills to promote events
* Support and assist volunteers in career development
* Highly developed communication skills
* Personal Resilience to managing challenging situations
Knowledge
* Have a good Knowledge of Mental Health
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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