Futures Coordinator

The Role

The Role: The Futures Coordinator will support the delivery of YLF’s Futures Programmes. The Futures team are also responsible for the recruitment and supervision of volunteers that act as Care Leavers’ Mentors.

JOB PURPOSE

To support the development and delivery of the charity’s Futures Programmes across Kent and Medway. The Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery of Futures Programmes in East Kent and will also have responsibility for one or more elements of programmes delivered countywide. This is an important post requiring a genuine commitment to improving the lives of care leavers. The post-holder must be a positive role model for the young people;

a champion of their needs, interests and aspirations; and also a champion of the charity’s values and an effective ambassador for the work and the organisation. Relevant qualifications/training will be required and candidates will need to possess a variety of skills, experience and personal attributes.

• To ensure the programmes are promoted to care leavers, carers, social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, residential providers and other professionals and ensuring promotional resources and web content are current and up-to-date
• To ensure young people who contact YLF or are referred to the service are contacted in order to ascertain their hopes, needs, and interests and to facilitate effective ‘matches’ with volunteers and/or offered other support/signposting
• To act as key contact for care leavers and professionals in one district of the county
• To support the production of reports including both quantitative and qualitative data on the performance and outcomes of the Futures Programmes in line with agreed performance indicators
• To support the Senior Coordinator in ensuring that mentoring arrangements are monitored and reviewed and to ensure that outcomes are appropriately measured using appropriate processes and our cloud based Volunteero system
• To support the Senior Coordinator to represent YLF at public events delivering talks and promoting the charity on local TV and radio as required
• To support the Senior Coordinator in the management of the relationship between YLF and our grant funders/commissioned services
• To support YLF’s volunteer recruitment strategies and campaigns in order to recruit sufficient volunteers to ensure capacity to meet demand and contractual obligations
• To support the Senior Coordinator to ensure that volunteers are recruited in line with YLF’s Safer Recruitment Policy
• in terms of interviewing, training and accrediting volunteers
• To deliver training and effective ‘matching’ of volunteers with young people and to provide ongoing support as required
• To keep abreast of developments in policy, practice and legislation with regards to young people in, and leaving, the
• To contribute, as required, to the design, content and administration of websites, social networks, the production of publications, risk assessments and handbook maintenance, and the arrangement of staff and volunteer events
• To support the Senior Coordinator in the implementation of a supervision and group supervision programme, and social events that ensure volunteers are supported, trained and networked into local district support groups

• To have flexible availability to meet the needs of service users during service operating hours including evenings and occasional weekends
• To work within agreed timescales and allocation of hours
• To work within agreed quality frameworks and quality standards
• To comply with the YLF Code of Conduct and ensure Safeguarding Policy and Procedures are followed at all times
• To comply with GDPR and Data Protection Policy and Procedures
• To attend/manage staff meetings, as required, including compulsory staff development/training days
• To keep accurate records of any expenditure incurred and to ensure that such expenditure is within agreed limits and has been duly authorised
• To maintain such other records as may be required for the purposes of monitoring, evaluation and review; and to prepare periodic reports
• To develop and maintain effective liaison with referral sources and with other professionals
• To provide cover or additional support for colleagues, as required
• To uphold our values and adhere to YLF policies and procedures
• To undertake such other duties as may, from time to time, be reasonably required

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