This is an exciting opportunity to develop and manage the volunteer programme for York’s Community Mental Health Hubs, supporting innovative, person-centred mental health and wellbeing services across the city.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will recruit, train, support and supervise volunteers across Hub locations at Clarence Street, Acomb Garth and a future South East York hub, while helping shape new volunteering opportunities as the service grows.
Key Responsibilities
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Recruit, onboard, train and support volunteers to enhance mental health and wellbeing services.
- Develop meaningful, inclusive volunteer roles through co-production with Hub users, volunteers, staff and partner organisations.
- Ensure volunteers have the knowledge, skills and confidence to work safely and effectively, including safeguarding, confidentiality and reporting requirements.
- Provide supervision, guidance and development opportunities that promote volunteer wellbeing, retention and growth.
- Monitor and evidence volunteering impact through data collection, reporting and evaluation, meeting Trailblazer funding requirements and stakeholder expectations.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and partners to align volunteer activity with service objectives and community priorities.
- Build strong relationships across voluntary, community, health and statutory sectors to strengthen partnerships, community engagement and volunteer recruitment.
- Champion trauma-informed approaches and the Hubs’ values of inclusion, choice, understanding, equality, strength and community.
- Support volunteer-led initiatives that promote connection, recovery and wellbeing.
We Would Love to Hear From You If You Are:
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Passionate about inclusive environments where lived experience is valued and embedded in service development.
- Motivated to shape and grow a volunteer programme within a developing service.
- Skilled at building positive relationships with volunteers, communities and partner organisations.
- Committed to empowering others through accessible, person-centred support.
- Organised, proactive and able to balance operational delivery with strategic development.
- Confident working independently, using initiative and sound judgement to manage priorities, solve problems and make decisions while maintaining strong communication.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference across York through volunteering, community connection and co-production. Occasional evening and weekend working will be required to meet service needs.
This role is suitable as a job share opportunity.
If you are an internal candidate interested in applying for this job as a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your current line manager before submitting your application.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C1: Can express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Rachel Parker (Community Mental Health Project Manager)
[email protected]
Closing date: Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 12 midnight
Interview date: Friday 4 September 2026
