St Teresas Hospice, Darlington is seeking a Coordinator to develop, set upand deliver the activities of the new Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub.
Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between Citizens AdviceDarlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington Association on Disability, StTeresas Hospice and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity.
Basedat St Teresas Hospice, you will work with Darlington Volunteers partners andother local organisations to develop and deliver an inclusive, contemporary,clear and supportive pathway to volunteering within health and social care inDarlington.
Ifyou are passionate about removing barriers to volunteering and supporting thevolunteering journey, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Location: St Teresas Hospice, The Woodlands,Woodland Road, Darlington, DL3 7UA.
Hours: 22.5hours per week, over 3 days Monday to Friday. As the project develops, you mayneed to work flexibly to meet the needs of the hub and its users, which mayinclude some evening and/or weekend work.
Fixed Term ContractDuration: up to 30 June 2027.
St Teresas HospiceBand 3: £14,429.40- £14,985.00 per annum actual for 22.5 hours per week (based on a full-timeequivalent salary range of £24,049 - £24,975 per annum).
Successfulapplicants are required to provide a basic disclosure. Disclosure expense willbe met by St Teresas Hospice. All posts are subject to a six-monthprobationary period.
Main duties of the job
This role will contributeto developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering withinthe local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment,selection and compliance checks and centralised induction via a newvolunteering hub.
You will work with localorganisations supporting and engaging volunteers, and with people looking tovolunteer in health and social care in the local area, including prospectivevolunteers for St Teresas Hospice, for the other core Darlington Volunteerspartners, and for other local partner organisations.
Your employer willbe Teresas Hospice, a forward thinking, inclusive registered Charity withInpatient, Outpatient and Hospice at Home services, providing care and supportto palliative patients and their families in their own homes and at St TeresasHospice.
Essential skills and experience include:
* Experienceof working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospectivevolunteers
* Experienceof working in an administrative role, and maintaining confidentialrecord-keeping systems
* Understandingof equality and diversity legislation and best practice including Equality Act2010
* Excellentcommunication and interpersonal skills
For further details,please see the job description and person specification.
An induction andongoing training will be provided.
About us
Join an organisationwhere we all work together for a shared charitable goal, based in beautifulgrounds, with a community feel and an inclusive culture.
Benefits ofworking for St T's include:
* Generouscompany annual leave, sick pay, and maternity/paternity/adoption payentitlements
* Opportunitiesto attend and participate in fun and exciting fundraising and awareness events
* Workforceevents, including long service awards
* EmployeeAssistance Programme including free counselling/CBT
* Discountedcomplementary therapies including acupuncture & massage
* OnsiteBistro
* Free eyetests for computer users
* Hospice-basedstaff are eligible for free annual flu jabs
* Free will-writing service viaOctopus Legacy
* Free yogaclasses, discounted local leisure centre membership and eligibility for BlueLight discount card
Please contact HRfor further details.
St Teresas Hospicecomplies with GDPR during the recruitment and selection process. Forinformation on how we process your data, please see the NHS Jobs Privacy Noticeand St Teresas Hospice Recruitment Privacy Notice.
St Teresas Hospiceis a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to employing and retainingdisabled people, and we encourage applications from all sectors of thecommunity.
Job responsibilities
Main purpose:
To develop, set up and deliver the activities of the Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub based atSt Teresas Hospice, on behalf of the Darlington Volunteers partnership.
This post will focus on developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering withinthe local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment, selection and compliancechecks and centralised induction.
Further information:
Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between lead partner Citizens Advice Darlington,Redcar and Cleveland (CADRC), Darlington Association on Disability (DAD), St Teresas Hospice andCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity.
The main aims of the partnership areto:
* use co-production and support to minimise barriers and increase volunteer voice
* develop, build and grow NHS Charities County Durham and Darlington Hospital DischargeProgramme.
Darlington Volunteers is funded as part of the national Volunteering for Health programme that isbeing delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charityof Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
It is being designed to deliver the recommendations of the NHS Volunteering Taskforce published inJune 2023. It will deliver grant funding to around 15 local systems (including Darlington Volunteers)to develop robust volunteering infrastructure, break down barriers and test new volunteering.
Volunteering for Health will also use learning from grant-funded systems to increase understandingof the impact of volunteering on healthcare delivery, influence national and local policy making, anddevelop guidance and best practice for all systems.
This is asummary of the key duties - for further info please see the full JobDescription & Person Spec document which is available to download.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 3 or higher qualification in Human Resources
* Qualification in volunteer management or other relevant subject
Experience
* Working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective volunteers
* Working in an administrative role and maintaining confidential record-keeping systems
* Conducting workforce compliance checks (e.g. referencing, DBS, right to work)
* Working in a charity or other not for profit setting
* Recruitment advertising for paid or voluntary roles
* Working within an HR or volunteering team
* Co-production with service users and stakeholders
Knowledge
* Understanding of Data Protection legislation including GDPR
* Understanding of equality and diversity legislation and best practice including Equality Act 2010
* Knowledge of local area and voluntary sector organisations
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.
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