Volunteer with Grow

Volunteer Employment Coach
 Role Description

Grow exists to inspire hope and unlock potential in young people. We do this by running an 8-week employment programme that integrates employment coaching with horticultural work experience.

Job title – Volunteer Employment Coach
Contract – Volunteer
Hours – 5 hour per week (minimum)
Location – The Print House, 21-23 North Church Street, Sheffield, S12DH

The Role

• Welcoming young people to Grow training sessions, creating a warm and safe environment
• Assisting Lead Programme Coach with group delivery, including running energisers and feedback/ review sessions (programme notes and training will be provided)
• Conducting 1:1 sessions with trainees to assist activities including writing and editing CVs and proofreading applications
• Supporting Lead Programme Coach on work experience days, including team leading a small group
• Supporting admin tasks in the morning (prior to the young people arriving)

Person Specification

• Clear communicator in both 1:1 and group settings
• Emotional resilience, particularly when faced with challenging behaviour
• The ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental approach, particularly when faced with young people’s accounts of their lives and experiences
• Some experience of the recruitment process
• Some experience of working with either young people or vulnerable people
• Responsive to feedback in order to improve coaching skills

Essential requirements

• Every volunteer will need to have an up-to-date CRB Enhanced DBS Certificate (we will process this)
• Each volunteer must be available for a minimum of one day. We have roles available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Training and Support

Every volunteer will receive a free space on our Coaching Basics training programme. The programme includes the following key modules:

• How to run an effective 1-1 coaching session
• How to coach a small group of young adults
• How to work safely with vulnerable young people
• Understanding the employment process
• How charities work (the basics!)

Next steps

If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and a short cover letter to the following email address: admin@growuk.org

We will be conducting informal interviews for selected candidates.

Closing date: 31st January 2020