Volunteer Co-Ordinator

3 weeks ago


London Borough of Hillingdon, United Kingdom Via Westminster Drug Project Full time

Job Summary

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Via team in our newly awarded Hillingdon service as a Volunteer Co-Ordinator.

This newly formed role will involve working within the local Service and Central Volunteer teams to pilot new ways of working with Volunteers with the aim to reduce the skills gap of entering paid employment. You will support to develop and offer bespoke training to utilise Volunteers most effectively. And will support safe and effective Volunteer activity through robust recruitment and new starter administrative processes.

The Service

Working in partnership with an NHS foundation Trust, Via are contracted to deliver the Hillingdon Arch service- an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery support service that serves adult residents of the Borough of Hillingdon. The service is high performing, ambitious and extremely well regarded by stakeholders and the local community.

Location

Addictions Recovery Community Hillingdon (ARCH), Old Bank House, 64 High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1JP.

Benefits of working with Via

30 days annual leave from the very beginning (increasing to a max of 33 days after 5 years) We select a random member of staff each month to receive £600 as a boost (via payroll and subject to tax and NI) Have a paid day off for your birthday, wedding/civil partnership, moving house and your child’s first day of school. We offer enhanced sick pay – 6 months full and 6 months half pay following probation. We’ll reimburse you for agreed professional registration fees. Take a paid day’s leave to volunteer (includes donating blood). We offer various financial perks and schemes including cycle to work, refer a friend bonus and life assurance. Flexible working solutions available to all to support your work-life balance. Access to a free, confidential 24/7 helpline with qualified counsellors and advisors who can offer help with legal, financial, health and family issues.

To see the generous full range of benefits we offer at Via – visit our Benefits Package

For an informal chat about the role please contact Fern Hensley, Head of Implementations on

The closing date for applications is Thursday 13 June at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place on Thursday 27 June.

We only accept applications via using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit . Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.



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