Are you ready to help people do something amazing?

Are you organised, outgoing, and have a ‘can do’ attitude?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Social Prescribing team working with older people and adults with complex needs. The service offers short-term intensive support with the aim of reducing hospital readmissions and improving health and wellbeing. As a Coordinator, you will recruit, train and manage local volunteers to work directly with clients in their homes or the community.

You will work alongside Social Prescribing colleagues to co-produce support plans, identify the role of the volunteer and match individual volunteers with appropriate attributes. Volunteers will support clients to retain their independence, re-engage in social activities, meet new friends or perhaps try something new.

You will have opportunities to plan, organise and deliver volunteer recruitment campaigns, attending events and using social and other media platforms to develop wider networks. You will ensure volunteers receive appropriate training and supervision, and stay in regular communication to make sure they feel supported and fulfilled in their role.

In this role, you will ensure that volunteers understand how to respond to challenging and complex situations with a sensitive and measured response, ensuring that safeguarding and lone working measures are followed. You will maintain up-to-date records using our bespoke database.

The service is currently delivered across Kent and Medway. The post holder will be based in North Kent and must be able to travel to other areas, so a car driver is essential.

Help people reach their full potential.

Imago (formerly Voluntary Action within Kent) is a long established, well respected and effective charity working across Kent, Medway and East Sussex to deliver a range of services to individuals, voluntary and community organisations, the public and private sector.
Our mission is to promote, develop and facilitate social action, support independence and empower communities. User and volunteer engagement, leadership and involvement in decision making are core principles.

We deliver a wide range of services in partnership with funders, public sector commissioners and private sector sponsors to children and young people, older people, carers, and volunteers.

Underpinning our work is a commitment to excellence, evidencing impact and safeguarding vulnerable people.

Imago offers a competitive remuneration package consisting of salary, contributory pension, healthcare benefits and 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note outlining your CURRENT SALARY and or visit our website at www.imago.community for a full application.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. These include: race, religion, creed, colour, national and ethnic origin, political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability (including mental illness), HIV status, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity status, responsibility for dependants, appearance, geographical area, social class, income level or criminal record.

Imago aims to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences. Imago sees these differences as an asset to our work as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we serve. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within the communities we serve.