Community First Responder Team Leader

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our team. The Community Resilience Team (CRT) are responsible for the development of volunteer and community resources, including Community First Responders (CFRs), Co-responders and local community initiatives.

The post holder must have excellent communication, training and administration skills with an innate ability to engage a range of stakeholders both internal and external to the trust.

Through your work, more lives will be saved from pre-hospital cardiac arrest in the communities ofYorkshire.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be accountable for Community First Responders, volunteer schemes and their contribution to safe service delivery of pre-hospital care in a defined geographical location. As a Team Leader within the Community Resilience Team, you will be responsible for first line supervision of volunteers and volunteer performance - the key areas of focus will include education, training and mentoring to ensure a safe, professional and progressive volunteering environment and team engagement - fostering effective communication within the team and wider Trust, promoting openness and inclusivity at all times, working in remote locations with an element of evening and weekend working.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service
• Contributory Pension
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description under supporting documents.

Person Specification Knowledge & education

• Hold a valid Teaching qualification, Award in education and training (AET) or equivalent
• Hold a FREC (First Response Emergency Care) Level 4 or above

Skills and abilities

• Experience of working, paid or unpaid, within the volunteer sector
• Demonstrates sensitivity to the needs of individuals and groups.
• Evidence of effective communication both verbal and written

Experience & work achievements

• Experience of delivering learning and/or education programmes
• Must hold a full, current UK/European driving licence
• Experience of developing, leading and supporting volunteer

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.