Recruitment

Volunteering Opportunities

Are you a good listener? Can you spare a couple of hours a week?

At Carers’ Support (Bexley) we are regularly looking for volunteers to join “In Touch” our support service offering emotional support and friendship to carers and ex-carers. Volunteers usually meet people in their own homes or at another mutually convenient venue or they may keep in touch by telephone.

Volunteers are asked to attend an informal interview prior to an induction training course (usually three morning sessions of 3 hours) and are paid out of pocket expenses ie fares or mileage.

If you are interested or would like further information please contact Felicity Packard on 020 8302 8011 or email: felicity@carerssupport.org

We regret that we are unable to offer placements to trainee counsellors but welcome anyone wishing to improve their listening skills to apply to become an “In Touch” volunteer.

Welfare Benefit Volunteers

Can you help our carers to complete welfare benefit forms? We are looking for volunteers who are able to visit carers in their homes and help them to complete welfare benefit forms. If this is something you feel you would like to be involved in, plesae contact Felicity Packard on 020 8302 8011 or email felicity@carerssupport.org

Chief Executive

Full Time

(36 hours per week)

Salary circa £50k

At Carers Support (Bexley) we want to make a real difference to the lives of carers in Bexley and Greenwich. We are committed to tackling the isolation and loneliness that many carers feel by providing information, advice, support, respite and other services to those who dedicate their lives to caring for their loved ones. We pride ourselves in working with carers young and old, and their families, in a positive, responsive, professional and creative way to improve their lives.

We are looking for an experienced leader with a positive approach and strong people skills. We need a great communicator who will act as an ambassador for Carers Support, forging and sustaining strong relationships with our key stakeholders. The successful candidate will embody the vision, values and ambitions of Carers Support and will support and motivate the team of staff and volunteers accordingly. Our Carers are at the heart of everything we do and we want a CEO that can drive this culture.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a real people person, building strong relationships and partnerships

• Passionate about improving the lives of carers, both within the organisation and more widely

• Drive a strong customer service ethos across the organisation

• Provide strong leadership to the team and volunteers

• Ensure good governance, supporting the Management Committee

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Karen Cooper on 07932 745540 or kcconsulting@btinternet.com

Deadline for applications: 5pm on Thursday 15th July.

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