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We’re recruiting!

If you are passionate about the rights of SEND families in Surrey then come and work for us. Family Voice Surrey is a family-friendly employer, offer flexible working and generous annual leave.

Current vacancies:

Borough Coordinators

We are currently recruiting for 2 new Borough Coordinators to cover Mole Valley and Elmbridge.

Hourly rate:  £12.05/hour, 260 hrs a year (20 hrs a month +–) initially for one year (subject to funding)

Responsible to: Engagement Manager

Supporting/ linking to: Participation Managers

Purpose and scope of the job

Family Voice Surrey champions the needs and rights of SEND families in Surrey: families with children or young adults up to the age of 25 who have special educational needs, chronic illness, including mental health conditions, or disabilities.

Family Voice Surrey, a registered charity, is Surrey’s parent carer forum. We know parent carers are the best people to help identify any problems families experience with getting the right support for their children and to define and shape services to meet needs.

We are recruiting for FVS Coordinator’s for each of the 11 Boroughs and Districts in Surrey, to help us reach out to more parent carers in each area to identify issues and help influence change.

This is a very flexible home-based role – essentially responding to the needs, issues and opportunities within each District or Borough and the FVS workplan. In broad terms the role includes:

  • Linking with SEND families and SEND organisations on what the needs are in the area/ what is working/ what is not
  • Raising the profile of FVS in the local area and encouraging other parent carers to become members
  • Arranging coffee mornings/ talks/ training/ events/ fundraising for SEND families (both virtual and actual)
  • Updating and running the relevant District & Borough closed Facebook group
  • Identifying and raising issues that Parent Carers are experiencing in your local area and sharing with the relevant FVS Participation Team and Project Workers
  • Publicising FVS surveys, events and other opportunities with Parent Carers to help shape services in Surrey
  • Linking with the Participation Team on issues/projects
  • Writing the monthly overviews to share with the Operations Team
  • Producing written reports when necessary.

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Please send in your full CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the points in the person specification to contact@familyvoicesurrey.org.

Project Workers

We are recruiting for project workers in Surrey to help us reach out to more parent carers in that area to identify issues and help influence for change.

Salary: £12.82/hour. There are no set hours a day or days per week to be worked. We offer flexible working where possible, within the specifications and needs of each project.

Responsible to: CEO

Supporting/ linking to: Participation Managers

Purpose and scope of the job

This could include all or some of the below:-

  • Collating findings and making SEND voice heard.
  • Linking with support services in the locality – such as Family Service/ Early Years settings/ Children’s Centres/ schools/ housing providers/ health agencies/ local council/ third sector on areas where improvement is needed
  • Linking with FVS’s Participation Managers on issues/ campaigns
  • Liaising with the FVS Borough Coordinators to gather feedback and information
  • Producing written reports when necessary
  • Attending meetings both internal and with external partners

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Please send in your full CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the points in the person specification to contact@familyvoicesurrey.org.

Volunteer

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