Senior Futures Coordinator Job Maidstone area,England UK,Non-Profit & Social Impact

To coordinate the development and delivery of the charity’s Futures Programmes across Kent and Medway. The Senior Coordinator will be responsible for building networks with local authority officials, corporate partners, other agencies and care leavers to ensure continued development of the Futures offer. The Senior Coordinator will support the Futures team to work effectively with teams across the charity. 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.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure the programmes are promoted to care leavers, carers, social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, residential providers and other professionals - also 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 lead on 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 ensure 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 represent YLF at public events delivering talks and promoting the charity on local TV and radio
To liaise with other local authorities to highlight the Futures offer to care leavers resident in Kent/Medway
To support 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 provide effective line management and supervision to Coordinators and Youth Workers
To mentor and supervise a Youth Work Apprentice
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
To ensure the team of staff and volunteers follow YLF’s Safeguarding Procedures and operate accordingly
To keep abreast of developments in policy, practice and legislation with regards to young people in, and leaving, the care system
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 implement and support a supervision and group supervision programme, and social events that ensures volunteers are supported, trained and networked into local district support groups

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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 take part in supervision and appraisal and to meet on other occasions, as required, with the Director of Advocacy Programmes
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 the values and adhere to the policies and procedures of YLF
To undertake such other duties as may, from time to time, be reasonably required

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