Building Connections Befriending Coordinator

**Services**:
**Building Connections Befriending Coordinator**:
**Services**:
**Building Connections Befriending Coordinator**:

- Home Open roles Building Connections Befriending Coordinator**Building Connections Befriending Coordinator**:
- Annually:

£26,388 - £29,986 plus home working allowance (£500 per annum) and rota allowance (3.5% of base salary)
Region:

Flexible & home working
Location:

United Kingdom - Remote or Flexible location
Department:

Childline
Vacancy Type:

Fixed Term
Working Hours Per Week:

35
Duration of Fixed Term:

Until end of March 2025
Closing Date:

30 July 2023

**We are looking for 10 Building Connections Befriending Coordinators to join the NSPCC as we launch a brand new service for young people experiencing loneliness.**

The NSPCC is further expanding its national offer with a new UK-wide service targeted specifically at supporting young people experiencing loneliness. This service matches trained befrienders (staff or volunteers) with a young person over a set number of sessions, with the goal of increasing a young person's resilience to feelings of loneliness and strengthening their overall support networks. The service has a particular focus on being accessible to young people from diverse, marginalised and/or minority backgrounds.

The Befriending Coordinator role will be integral for the delivery of the NSPCC Building Connections Service. The post-holder will
- Have line-management responsibility for a cohort of geographically dispersed volunteer,supporting their growth, development and retention
- Support the operational delivery of the Building Connections Service through recruitment and training activities
- Contribute directly to holding sessions with young people.

**This is a fixed term, fully remote, full time role until the end of March 2025**

Befriending coordinators will work on a rota basis between the hours of 7:30am and 8:30pm, Monday to Friday.
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