Salary: £29,000. Actual – £23,200.
Hours: 29 hours per week (excluding breaks)
Contract Term: Permanent subject to funding.
Holiday: 22 days annual leave, rising to 27 after 5 years of service (pro rata)
Public holidays: 8 days bank holiday
Pension: Non-contributory pension plan
Flexible working options
Location: Bolton
Application deadline: Monday 8th July 2024 @ 09:00
Interviews: We anticipate in person interviews being during the week commencing 22nd July.
Overview of the role
Background:
This is an exciting opportunity to play an important role at a critical juncture in our organisation’s development. Due to the increasing demand for MhIST services, we are looking to increase our team with a volunteer support worker who will help our new ‘Managing My Mental Health’ project really take off. In addition to supporting our existing volunteers this role is about creating and developing new volunteering roles.
MhIST is a Bolton based, user led mental health charity. We have been in existence since 1992 and are planning significant developments in our service offering. MhIST already offers support to over a thousand people a year and we know that this number is only scratching the surface of need. Our existing services include advocacy, self-help and talking therapies, all delivered by teams of experienced and trained professionals.
The role:
The volunteer support worker will be responsible for coordinating and leading the safe recruitment, induction, and training of an appropriately diverse, skilled, and experienced volunteer workforce.
The volunteer support worker will work with the other team leaders to ensure an agreed and suitable quantity and quality of volunteers who feel equipped and supported to use their skills and lived experience to facilitate peer support groups, provide advocacy services, support our administration team among other activities.
You will also recruit and line manage a small team of volunteers to deliver ongoing 1 to 1 mentoring support.
The deadline for applications is: Monday 8th July 2024 @ 09:00
Application packs can be downloaded by following the links below
or requested from and return completed forms to: jobs@mhist.co.uk. If you prefer to return a hardcopy to:
Jobs
MhIST
1st Floor, Moorland House,
116 Bark Street,
Bolton. BL1 2AX.
If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact Melvin Bradley on 01204 527200.