Placement and Volunteer Coordinator

We’re looking for someone dynamic, creative, and driven to join our team. You'll be responsible for coordinating, training, and/or recruiting our volunteers, placement students and trainee creative therapists – helping us continue to host an experiential learning programme that truly supports our community and one-to-one services, and embodies our radically human and relational approach to health and social care. 

The Role

You’ll be part of a team, working closely with our Community Programme Coordinator and Community and Placement Programmes Lead to plan and structure their placement journeys, and design learning and support spaces that help them build the knowledge, skills and emotional intelligence needed to provide person-centred support. 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Leading and coordinating volunteer, placement student, and creative therapist recruitment processes, selection workshops, and/or interviews.

• Planning and facilitating volunteer, placement student, and creative therapist training, induction, and

  learning spaces.

• Providing regular support and supervision spaces to our trainee creative therapists, supporting their learning and engagement in the client work in line with therapeutic practice, but also with our values and approach as an organisation.

• Maintaining relationships with a wide range of partners, including course providers, alumni placement students,

  and volunteer/placement advertisers.

More details can be found in the information pack.

About Likewise

Likewise is an innovative social care and mental health charity working at the heart of the Camden community to support individuals experiencing isolation and social exclusion.

At Likewise our culture is all about being human together. More human organisations do more human work. We put a lot into having authentic relationships, work hard to support each other’s sense of belonging and love learning together through the work we do.

About our Community Hub and Placement Opportunities 

The Likewise Community Hub and Garden offers a safe space for people to explore a range of wellbeing activities and events, whilst creating opportunity for connection, relationship, belonging and support. It is open to all with a particular focus on people who may feel lonely or socially isolated through mental ill health. It’s a place to access therapies, groups and activities supporting belonging and wellbeing. The hub is both a place to meaningfully contribute, and to feel supported, upholding the principle that we all have needs and we all have something to offer.

We feel strongly about what good care and support looks like, so our placement opportunities are designed to equip the next generation of leaders with the skills, values and emotional intelligence needed to make an immediate impact in their careers. Our placements see people given hands-on, front-line experience within our 1-1 and community offers. Students embark on a learning journey full of opportunity to serve our community members and clients, whilst nourishing their personal growth and professional development.

About You 

We're looking for someone who is committed to their own learning, growth and development - someone who can sit with the discomfort of learning and unlearning, is willing to step outside their comfort zone and is ready to  engage in the diverse experiences of our work.

You’ll need to have some experience of, or be very confident in: 

·      Planning, organizing, and facilitating workshops, interviews, training sessions, or other group spaces.

·      Supporting a range of individuals and relational dynamics in a well-being, clinical, or therapeutic context 

·      Administration, recording and maintaining accurate data and information, working proficiency in Excel or other adjacent tools. 

·      Project coordination or management, delivering by p and/or using progress trackers and project monitoring tools 

You will also need to be:

·      Passionate about people – keen to work in an environment with a diverse range of individuals; where there’s connection, challenge, and complexity

·      Organised, detail focused and a great problem solver 

·      Curious, reflective and open to learning – about our work, values, and about themselves

·      Flexible, and keen to be part of our broader work – to join in a community event or sit and have a cup of tea with a client when the opportunities arise

·      A good communicator - can represent our organisation and values, and hold relationships as a reliable point of contact for universities, placement students and creative therapist trainees.

More Information and how to apply 

More information about Likewise, the community hub, and a detailed breakdown of the key areas of responsibility can be found in the information pack on our website. 

To apply, please follow the link to the application form in the information pack and ensure you answer the questions outlined in the pack within your supporting statement.