RAFT Volunteer Coordinator

The Resilience Around the Family Team (RAFT) are looking to recruit 1 x 15hr Volunteer Coordinator to manage a team of volunteers under the supervision and oversight of the RAFT Team Manager ensuring the volunteer programme fully complies with and adheres to the Isle of Wight Council and LSCB safeguarding policies and procedures.

The successful candidate will also be required to –

• Co-ordinate allocation of work to volunteers, oversee performance management and facilitating difficult conversations as well as agreeing objectives and maintaining motivation.

• Co-ordinate volunteer expenses, monitoring within budget and providing rationale to the RAFT Team Manager.

• Work with Learning and Development in developing and delivering a training programme for volunteers, to support good practice and cohesive working.

• To embed a consistent approach to the recruitment of volunteers across Childrens Services, working in collaboration with colleagues to ensure their practice is consistent and effective.

• To be creative and innovative in seeking resolutions to a variety of situations and challenges by facilitating and enabling others.

• Liaise with internal colleagues and partners in the local community to enhance volunteer recruitment and management whilst maintaining quality. 

Ofsted have rated us as a GOOD children's social care following our 2023 inspection.

Ofsted found that:

“When there are worries about the safety of a child, decisions are made quickly so that children are protected.”

“The resilience around the family team (RAFT) works intensively with children and families to enable children to remain with their families or as part of focused intervention identified within child protection plans. The team is successful in strengthening parenting capacity, helping to reduce risk and support children to remain living safely at home”.

We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your interest in coming to work with us as part of the team.

When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:

-  Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!

-  Local Government pension scheme

-  Discounted Solent ferry travel

-  Island bus network discount

-  Cycle to work scheme

-  Staff parking permit scheme

-  Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership

-  National and local discounts & benefits schemes

For some vacancies (subject to criteria)

-  A relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available if you are specifically relocating to the Isle of Wight to take up a new role with us

-  If you choose to commute to the Isle of Wight daily, you may be eligible to have some travel costs reimbursed

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via adverts@iow.gov.uk if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.