Volunteer Engagement Specialist

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage.

We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Voluntary Services offers community involvement in the day to day running of our services. People choose to volunteer with us, some with lived experience, learnt experience and those wishing to gain experience for future careers

The post holder will provide support and assistance to the Voluntary Services Manager, Volunteer Development Officer, Community Development Officer and Operational Leads,

MAIN DUTIES:

• Assist in the induction of all new volunteers.
• Monitor and record information relating to training, volunteering and employment outcomes achieved by individuals being supported by Voluntary Services.
• Undertake administrative and organisational duties involved in the effective and efficient running of voluntary services.
• Deal with queries relating to information requirements for voluntary services and any documentation needed.
• Compile statistics and create reports from databases as requested
• Share with the VS team the planning and organisation of major events in the volunteer calendar.
• Contribute to service development and activity data regularly.
• Ensure volunteers have access and complete their individual training programmes that compliment service delivery.
• Work with service users to support identified goals around training and volunteering.
• Maintain staff net and other programme communications medias such as preparation of publicity and contribute to volunteer newsletters.
• Write up simple user guides to assist staff and volunteers as directed by the manager.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft word, Microsoft teams and Outlook.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

• fantastic employee wellbeing support
• 27 - 33 days annual leave
• flexible working and remote working arrangements
• the NHS Pension Scheme
• coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

We recruit people based on their…