We are recruiting! Volunteer Co-ordinator

We are recruiting!

Volunteer Co-ordinator

Part time 21 hours per week, very occasional evening & weekend work

£30,235.40 per annum, pro rata for 21 hour week, +3% employer’s contribution to auto-enrolment pension

Principal Tasks

The post holder will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of the volunteer programme to meet the organisations operational needs. They will co-ordinate volunteers to deliver services and look at innovative ways to maximise participation. This will include recruitment, support, monitoring, development and management of volunteers and associated projects and programmes supporting the organisational policies and procedures.

The post holder, with support from volunteers and relevant staff members, will be responsible for gathering exciting and engaging content for the organisation’s website and social media channels. Also, managing regular updates and linking with relevant networks.

The post holder will be responsible for the development and system administration of the organisation’s CRM database / outcome monitoring system, including training & supporting administrative volunteers to help with this.

As part of the Project Workers Group, the post holder will take collective responsibility for the day-to-day management of the organisation and effective decision making.

A Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check is required for this role.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake accredited first aid, level 2 Food Hygiene, and safeguarding training.

PLEASE SEE -

Volunteer Co-ordinator Job advert 2024

BUCFP JD& Person Spec Volunteer Co-ordinator 2024

BUCFP blank Application Form

Deadline for applications: 18 October 2024

Please email completed application forms to info@bucfp.org

Playroom Bank staff practitioner - £12.60 per hour

Playroom Bank staff practitioner

£12.60 per hour

The playroom is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 10am to 1pm. Actual working hours to be arranged.

Closing date: ongoing recruitment

The Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project (BUCFP) is for the people of Brighton and Hove who are unemployed and low-waged. We offer low cost meals, laundry facilities, computer facilities, courses, benefits advice, parent support and quality childcare and education.

We operate an OFSTED registered environment which we call our ‘playroom’ that offers free drop in places for the children of our centre users. Our ‘playroom’ is run by a qualified childcare professionals and volunteers. Parents/carers stay on the premises while their children are with us.

We are balanced indoor and outdoor child-led childcare setting that values children’s learning, play development and connection to nature.

We are looking to recruit childcare practitioners.

Applicants must have a minimum Level 2/ Level 3 childcare qualification.

Applicants should also have experience of working with children 1 – 5 years old;

experience of working well within a team; good communication skills; good knowledge of the OFSTED welfare requirements and childcare legislation/policy and safeguarding.

The post will report to the Playroom Co-ordinator and the role is to support with the day to day running of the playroom; support the welfare and educational needs of the children that attend the playroom; support the implementation of OFSTED welfare requirements.

The Playroom works with a diverse range of families and children, many of whom have English as an additional language, this we embrace and work hard to establish and maintain positive and respectful relationships with parents and children. The playroom service is free at the point of delivery and many of our parents become BUCFP Centre volunteers. The successful applicant will need to feel comfortable working within a mixed team of paid and volunteer workers.

Playroom is closed during school holidays apart from 4 weeks in summer, during this time staff will take annual leave.

Unfortunately due to the nature of our set up we are unable to offer our staff a childcare service here. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check and registration to the update service.

To apply for an application pack, which contains a full job description and person specification email: playroom.project@bucfp.org

Great News!

A grant from the Morrisons Foundation 

An application for £7,100.00 to support our ‘Community Support Initiative for Families’ has been successful, this will enable us to provide free healthy food and workshops to local disadvantaged families who are in poverty.

Volunteer Celebration Day 2024.

Thanks to all who came! - The centre is run by volunteers for the benefit of all users, alongside a small team of part time paid workers.

On the 9th July we finally hosted our annual Volunteer Celebration Day to thank all our volunteers for the amazing help they are giving to BUCFP in supporting our service users. It was a bit later this year as we usually do it during #volunteersweek

In the past financial year our volunteers provided services to about 1150 service users.

We celebrated their achievements with food, music, party games and other activities to get to know each other better and to have fun together.

A big thank you again to all our precious amazing caring and dedicated volunteers!

Clive

Hi my name is Clive and I have been coming to BUCFP to have lunch for almost two years. I like to come here for the good, healthy food and for the company. I have met all sorts of new people and I always feel welcome here. Since coming here I have also been on a Centre outing to Tilgate Park which I enjoyed greatly and look forward to going on the next one.