Volunteer and Education, Training and Employment Team Leader
Overview:
Join Change Grow Live Manchester Service as a Volunteer and Education, Training and Employment Team Leader!
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each service user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
At Change Grow Live, we're driven by the belief that we can truly impact the lives of our service users. We offer a safe, supportive environment, honouring each individual and working collaboratively to identify the best treatment and care options.
Our Team Leaders here at Change Grow Live play an integral role in ensuring an effective service provision for our service users by creating a focussed culture, engaging volunteers and staff to provide an innovative and continually improving service and provide leadership, support, and development to a wide range of volunteers and staff.
We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Volunteer and Education, Training and Employment (ETE) Team Leader to join our Manchester Service.
This role will require you to develop a strong volunteering and ETE offer within our services.You will be working in close collaboration with local service management, volunteers, colleagues and service users to identify how volunteers can enhance the service offer, ensuring that volunteering brings value to the services we provide and our services value and develop our volunteers.You will also lead our ETE team to support our service users in gaining education, training and employment, developing the ETE service as well as the team.
Where: ManchesterFull Time Hours: 37.5 per week
Full Time Salary: £34,700.09 - £36,635.38 dependent on experience (based on full time working hours, pro rata for part time hours)
Responsibilities:
About the role:
The role aims to empower our volunteers and team members to reach their full potential. No two days are the same so being flexible, able to manage multiple tasks and workstreams are key.- Work in collaboration with service manager and staff team in order to identify meaningful opportunities for volunteers.
- Coordination of the volunteering offer.
- Lead on the recruitment, selection and induction of volunteers.
- Leading the ETE project and team, developing and performance managing the service provided.
- Empowering staff to promote hope, empowerment, choices, and opportunities that assist service users reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.
About you:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Knowledge and experience of developing and leading health and social care services and delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards.
- Experience of leading teams who work with vulnerable adults.
- Knowledge of current legislation surrounding children, young people, and safeguarding practice.
- Able to lead, inspire and develop a team.
- Volunteer coordination experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to use common MS Office applications (Word/Excel/Outlook)
What we will give to you:
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and
- Employee Assist Programme Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Generous Refer-a-Friend scheme
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the essential criteria outlined in the job description and addendum. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 31 to 33 (£34,700.09 - £36,635.37)
ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
Interview Date: 14/11/2024
Closing Date: 4/11/2024
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Faye Curbishley | faye.curbishley@cgl.org.uk
: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.