Experience of Working with Young People
Name of Role / Richmond Travel Buddy Co-ordinator
Responsible to / Employment and Involvement Manager
Post Description / To set up and run aTravel Buddy Scheme in the borough of Richmond. The Travel Buddy Co-ordinator will match up young people with disabilities to a volunteer travel buddy who will support them plan and learn routes on public transport and to access services and leisure opportunities.
Experience & Knowledge / Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Experience of working with young people
- Knowledge and experience of inclusive engagement methods for young people
- Understanding of confidentiality, data protection issues and safeguarding issues
- Understanding of the social model of disability
- Excellent working knowledge of MS word, outlook and other applications
- Experience of working with disabled people or vulnerable groups
- Understanding of equalities issues
- Experience of Managing Volunteers
- Knowledge of Makaton
- Empathic approach
- Pro-active
- Time management and task prioritisation
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Report writing skills
- Networks and keeps others informed
- Action orientated and can-do approach
Other requirements
Enhanced CRB that permits working with vulnerable adults
Main Tasks and Duties
- Set up and run the Kingston Buddy Scheme
- Develop marketing materials, leaflet, website content, and ensure the project is widely advertised and is accessible to a wide variety of clients
- Recruit, train and manage volunteer ‘travel buddies’
- Meeting with the individual to go through the options available to them
- Match buddies and young people
- Keep accurate records of all clients participating in consultation and maintain a database of client information, continue to update client record with progress and outcomes.
- Complete all monitoring and evaluation as required by the funder.
- Involve young people in the running of the project in a variety of ways.
- Providing inclusion training at activities
- Develop partnerships with other organisations that work with disabled children
- Write Quarterly summary reports
- Write full end of project report which details findings and makes recommendations about future services.
- Ensure that the project is compliant with the Social Model of Disability
- Comply with Richmond AID’s policies and procedures
- Attend training and development as identified by you and your manger
- Any other work commensurate with the level of this post
- You will need to travel within LBRuT and Kingston as part of this post and occasionally may need to work outside of normal office hours including evening and weekends.