Do you share our passion for supporting families with young children?
Do you have experience of training and working with volunteers?
Home-Start North Somerset provides support and friendship for families with young children who are going through tough times. We currently have two exciting opportunities to join our small team, to help us provide our home-visiting service. This service matches trained volunteers to families to provide practical and emotional support. Both roles are based at our Weston-super-Mare office with travel throughout North Somerset.
Volunteer Coordinator – Family Support (one post)
Best Start Worker – Perinatal Support (one post)
Both positions:
Employer: Home-Start North Somerset, Badger House, Oldmixon Crescent, Weston super Mare, BS24 9AY
Contract: Permanent
Location: Based at the Weston-super-Mare office with travel throughout North Somerset.
Salary range: Starting salary £24,702 FTE, 24 hours pro rata
Hours of work: 24 hours per week
The Volunteer Coordinator will work closely with our team of volunteers, providing support, supervision and delivering training to ensure they are able to offer effective support to families. They will build strong relationships with our families, working with them to identify their needs, match them to a volunteer and review progress. They will liaise with professionals from other services to ensure a coordinated response.
The Best Start Worker will work with the Coordinator to deliver our home-visiting service, but will work one-to-one with families in the perinatal period as required. They will have experience of working with families in the perinatal period and knowledge of antenatal support.
Essential requirements for both roles include:
- Experience of working with young children and families
- Experience of working with and training volunteers
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues.
HSNS is committed to equality of opportunity and diversity. HSNS is committed to safer recruitment practice and an appointment will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
To apply, please complete the application form below. If you would like to be considered for both positions you can indicate this at the top of the application form – you only need to complete one form. Please return the application form and monitoring form to us at:
info@home-startnorthsomerset.org.uk
Deadline: 5.00pm, Friday 29 December 2023
Interviews: Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 January 2024
Application form VC and BSW Nov 23
Job application monitoring form – Nov 23
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