Part-time Volunteer Service Coordinator - Helpline

Womankind
Womankind
Salary: 
NJC scale 18 to 20: £29,269 to £30,296 pro rata plus pension
Closing Date: 
Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 - 12:00
Contract Type: 
Permanent
Hours: 
Part Time
Hours: 
24.5 hours per week
Contract Details: 
Permanent
Details of Role: 

Womankind, Bristol Women’s Therapy Centre is a well-established voluntary organisation set up in 1986 to provide support to women experiencing mental health problems. We offer a range of services including a telephone helpline, befriending, one-to-one counselling and group psychotherapy.  

The charity is seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to work alongside our Volunteer Service Coordinator to oversee the co-ordination, delivery and development of Womankind’s Helpline/webchat service for women with mental health issues.   

Some of the credentials you will need: 

  • Experience of working within one or more of the following areas:  volunteer management, counselling and psychotherapy, mental health, sexual violence, domestic abuse, health and social care, young people, refugees, trafficked women. 
  • A knowledge and understanding of women’s mental health issues including, complex needs, trauma and issues relating to sexual violence, domestic abuse and its impact on women 
  • Experience of delivering services and supervising others 
How to Apply: 

 

We are committed to developing our workforce in line with equitable principles. We encourage applications from people with lived experience of mental health issues and from people from minoritised groups who are under-represented within our services. This includes people who identify as from a Global Majority, refugee or migrant, neurodivergent or LGBTQIA group, or who have faced discrimination based on any protected characteristic. 

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and would like to apply, a job pack can be downloaded at www.womankindbristol.org.uk or email info@womankindbristol.org.uk

Closing date:                    Tuesday 7th May 2024 by midday 

Proposed interview date:  Wednesday 15th May 2024 from 1.00pm  

The post is only open to female applicants and is exempt under Schedule 9 Part 1 Equalities Act 2010. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure check.   

Contact Person: 
Kyra Bond
Contact Email: 
info@womankindbristol.org.uk
Contact Phone: 
01179166460
Postal Address: 
Womankind 3rd Floor Brunswick Court Brunswick Square BS2 8PE