Volunteer & Community Engagement Apprenticeship

ADVOCACY FOCUS

Salford, M6 6FP

Closes in 14 days (Sunday 10 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 21 October 2024

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Summary

Working from our Salford office, home or in the community, you will support and help recruit volunteers across our Independent Visitor service. Our volunteers befriend, support, and spend time with young people in care once a month. We encourage anyone with personal experience in children’s social care (care leavers) to apply for this position.

Annual wage
£15,579.20 a year

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You will be paid a rate of £7.49/hour

Training course
Early intervention practitioner (level 4)
Hours
To be discussed at interview

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 18 November

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Key Tasks

  •  Support the Volunteer Manager to recruit and retain volunteers
  •  Support in conducting 1:1 supervision with volunteers
  •  Support with training volunteers to a high standard
  •  Review volunteer practice and quality assure volunteer delivery
  • Support to develop and maintain good practice in line with national standards to the needs of volunteers and the service
  • Develop positive relationships and partnerships with stakeholders and relevant agencies
  • Keep up to date with relevant legislation and best practice
  • Collaborate with the Volunteer Manager to enhance service delivery
  • Foster positive partnership links to support people in need
  • Manage a small non-statutory case load
  • Support drop-in sessions at our community hub in Burnley
  • Support outreach activities to raise awareness and recruit volunteers
  • Participate in peer support sessions with team members
  • Assist with community events and promote our services
  • Support to deliver advocacy awareness sessions to increase awareness and engagement with advocacy services
  • Attend monthly staff meetings and necessary training
  • Identify areas for personal development
  • Represent Advocacy Focus at meetings and provide feedback to the team
  • Build trust within the community and identify those struggling to access necessary support
  • Occasionally work evenings and weekends as required

Where you’ll work

Unit 117, Salford Innovation Forum

51 Frederick Road

Salford

M6 6FP

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

SALFORD CITY COLLEGE

Your training course

Early intervention practitioner (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Manage early intervention caseloads in line with organisational policies and procedures and relevant national and local priorities.
  • Assess, manage and respond to risk in their own area of responsibility.
  • Provide individuals and professional partners with appropriate tools and information to help them make informed choices to access support relevant to their needs.
  • Work collaboratively with individuals, their wider network and partner agencies, providing professional challenge when necessary.
  • Use appropriate observation, questioning, problem solving and analysis techniques when undertaking assessments for early intervention.
  • Apply organisational health, safety, equality and welfare procedures when managing caseloads to ensure the welfare of self, clients, their wider network and professional partners.
  • Apply relevant theories and evidence-based strategies in own role.
  • Manage multiple cases within own role, to meet individual and or family's needs
  • Prioritise interventions based on presenting needs
  • Produce detailed and, accurate records that meet organisational and legislative requirements
  • Use appropriate techniques to build and maintain professional relationships that help to ensure needs of individual cases are met.
  • Use digital technologies where appropriate within own role.
  • Work independently as a practitioner within the wider team context, drawing on direction and support when needed.
  • Provide impartial information, advice and guidance in a format that meets the needs of the individual.
  • Use professional judgement to understand the complexities of a situation and make appropriate decisions.

    • Your training plan

    • Level 4 Early Intervention Practitioner
    • Training schedule has yet to be agreed, details will be made available at a later date

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Maths & English (grade 4)
    • Health and Social Care (grade Pass)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience

    Other requirements

    Experience/ knowledge of local and national safeguarding policies and practice(desirable) Knowledge or understanding of Advocacy (desirable) The ability to drive and a full UK drivers’ licence, and have use of own vehicle(desirable) Due to the nature of the role, we will only accept 18+ applicants

    About this company

    Advocacy means supporting somebody to speak up and be listened to, ensuring their views and wishes are heard and taken seriously. Advocacy can enable people to become more involved in important decisions about their health and social care. We provide high quality and totally free advocacy support that is completely independent of Health and Social care services.

    https://advocacyfocus.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    • Progression available for the right candidate upon successfully completing the apprenticeship

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    SALFORD CITY COLLEGE

    Mary Takhar

    mary.takhar@salfordcc.ac.uk

    01616315555

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283255.

    Apply now

    Closes in 14 days (Sunday 10 November at 11:59pm)

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