Job summary
St Teresas Hospice, Darlington is seeking a Coordinator to develop, set up
and deliver the activities of the new Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub.
Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between Citizens Advice
Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington Association on Disability, St
Teresas Hospice and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity.
Based
at St Teresas Hospice, you will work with Darlington Volunteers partners and
other local organisations to develop and deliver an inclusive, contemporary,
clear and supportive pathway to volunteering within health and social care in
Darlington.
If
you are passionate about removing barriers to volunteering and supporting the
volunteering journey, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Location: St Teresas Hospice, The Woodlands,
Woodland Road, Darlington, DL3 7UA.
Hours: 22.5
hours per week, over 3 days Monday to Friday. As the project develops, you may
need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the hub and its users, which may
include some evening and/or weekend work.
Fixed Term Contract
Duration: up to 30 June 2027.
St Teresas Hospice
Band 3: £14,429.40
- £14,985.00 per annum actual for 22.5 hours per week (based on a full-time
equivalent salary range of £24,049 - £24,975 per annum).
Successful
applicants are required to provide a basic disclosure. Disclosure expense will
be met by St Teresas Hospice. All posts are subject to a six-month
probationary period.
Main duties of the job
This role will contribute
to developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering within
the local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment,
selection and compliance checks and centralised induction via a new
volunteering hub.
You will work with local
organisations supporting and engaging volunteers, and with people looking to
volunteer in health and social care in the local area, including prospective
volunteers for St Teresas Hospice, for the other core Darlington Volunteers
partners, and for other local partner organisations.
Your employer will
be Teresas Hospice, a forward thinking, inclusive registered Charity with
Inpatient, Outpatient and Hospice at Home services, providing care and support
to palliative patients and their families in their own homes and at St Teresas
Hospice.
Essential skills and experience include:
-
Experience
of working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective
volunteers
-
Experience
of working in an administrative role, and maintaining confidential
record-keeping systems
-
Understanding
of equality and diversity legislation and best practice including Equality Act
2010
-
Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
For further details,
please see the job description and person specification.
An induction and
ongoing training will be provided.
About us
Join an organisation
where we all work together for a shared charitable goal, based in beautiful
grounds, with a community feel and an inclusive culture.
Benefits of
working for St T's include:
-
Training
and development opportunities
-
Flexible
working schemes
-
Generous
company annual leave, sick pay, and maternity/paternity/adoption pay
entitlements
-
Opportunities
to attend and participate in fun and exciting fundraising and awareness events
-
Workforce
events, including long service awards
-
Employee
Assistance Programme including free counselling/CBT
-
Discounted
complementary therapies including acupuncture & massage
-
Onsite
Bistro
-
Free eye
tests for computer users
-
Hospice-based
staff are eligible for free annual flu jabs
-
Free will-writing service via
Octopus Legacy
-
Free yoga
classes, discounted local leisure centre membership and eligibility for Blue
Light discount card
Please contact HR
for further details.
St Teresas Hospice
complies with GDPR during the recruitment and selection process. For
information on how we process your data, please see the NHS Jobs Privacy Notice
and St Teresas Hospice Recruitment Privacy Notice.
St Teresas Hospice
is a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to employing and retaining
disabled people, and we encourage applications from all sectors of the
community.
Job description
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:
- develop local volunteering infrastructure
- increase volunteer diversity
- 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 a
summary of the key duties - for further info please see the full Job
Description & Person Spec document which is available to download.
Job description
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:
- develop local volunteering infrastructure
- increase volunteer diversity
- 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 a
summary of the key duties - for further info please see the full Job
Description & Person Spec document which is available to download.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Level 3 or higher qualification in Human Resources
- Qualification in volunteer management or other relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective volunteers
- Working in an administrative role and maintaining confidential record-keeping systems
Desirable
- 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
Essential
- Understanding of Data Protection legislation including GDPR
- Understanding of equality and diversity legislation and best practice including Equality Act 2010
Desirable
- Knowledge of local area and voluntary sector organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Level 3 or higher qualification in Human Resources
- Qualification in volunteer management or other relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective volunteers
- Working in an administrative role and maintaining confidential record-keeping systems
Desirable
- 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
Essential
- Understanding of Data Protection legislation including GDPR
- Understanding of equality and diversity legislation and best practice including Equality Act 2010
Desirable
- 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.
