Job Description

Location

Worthing

Vacancy Type

Part Time/Permanent

Pay Range

Grade 4 - 25,956 - 27,236 (DOE) Pro rata for part time roles

Contracted Hours

30 hours per week

Application Deadline

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Job Profile

Job Profile document

Job Summary

About the role

We have a large active community of volunteers who support our services, and this role is pivotal in supporting the volunteers with the activities they undertake. You will work with a group of volunteers who support activities within either our Living Well services or our Patient & Family Support Team, to ensure volunteers feel equipped and supported to use their skills and experience to facilitate support groups, provide 1:1 support to our patients and their families, or deliver counselling support to patients and their families. You will have supervisory responsibilities for the volunteers within the service, ensuring they are up to date with their training, and are supported to undertake their volunteering activities safely and effectively.


Working collaboratively and liaising with healthcare professionals, families, and external contacts you will be key in providing a professional and compassionate service provision. You will manage and coordinate an efficient support provision for both your immediate team and wider Group teams.

Essential criteria

Support volunteers in their roles, providing input for patients and their families


Facilitate the running of group supervision meetings for volunteers (online and face to face)


To complete regular review meetings with volunteers and other 1:1 support as appropriate


Coordinate and be responsible for administering the referral process, liaising with referrers, volunteers and clients


Organise and deliver induction training to equip the volunteers to be confident in their role


Liaise with Voluntary Services colleagues regarding the recruitment of new volunteers


Input, collate and produce statistical data and analytical information and report effectively, in particular relating to the effective evaluation of the service

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.


St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.


Chestnut Tree House is the children's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.


Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.


We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Benefits

Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive of bank holidays On-site education support and study leave opportunities Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card Employee Assistance Programme Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.


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