Location: Place2Be Core Hub (Angel/Islington, London)
Responsible to: Nikhil Naag, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Role duration:1-3 days a week, for a minimum of 2 months
Expenses provided: Unpaid volunteer role.Travel expenses provided.
Introduction
Place2Be is the leading UK provider of school-based counselling services, working in over 170 schools, and reaching 64,000 children, their parents and carers. Whether they are facing bereavement, family breakdown, domestic violence, trauma, or bullying, Place2Be helps children to grow up with prospects rather than problems.
Place2Be routinely collects information on the children that use our services to find out the impact that we have on children’s emotional wellbeing and their ability to learn at school. Alongside this a new piece of research is currently being undertaken with every new school that has started working with Place2Besince September 2012. This research project is examining the difference that Place2Be services make to each child in a school and involves collecting data on the emotional needs of every pupilin a school.
The Impact Assessment Volunteer will undertake essential work to compile findings from this research project and support our impact analysis for every child undertaking 1:1 counselling with Place2Be across England, Scotland and Wales.
Responsibilities
The Impact Assessment Volunteer will greatly help the Research and Evaluation team to better understand the impact Place2Be is making on every child's emotional wellbeing in schools in which we’re based.
Core responsibilities of the role will be:
- Accurately scoring completed Strength's and Difficulties Questionnaires (a psychological assessment tool) for school children
- Entering and compiling the data scores in Excel to allow analysis of the findings
- Supporting the Research and Evaluation team with the analysis, collation and presentation of findings for internal and external use
- Helping the Research and Evaluation Team with other tasks and projects as required
Person Specification
- Methodical approach to work and great attention to detail
- Interest in research and/or evaluation processes
- Competent with IT packages – particularly Excel
- Ability to work independently on tasks as well as part of a team. Able to ask for support when required
Benefits and Support Provided
- The opportunity to gain experience in a successful Research and Evaluation team at an innovative UK charity
- Insight into work within the field of children and families’ mental health
- A chance to build professional skills in a dynamic working environment
- Supervision throughout and a structured induction - including half-day Training for Non-Clinicians and Being is Believing school events where possible[1]
- Travel expenses provided
“I had no experience of a “behind-the-scenes” role before volunteering with Place2Be. Understanding how an organisation like this operates has been an incredible experience, as has working alongside a team who are so dedicated and passionate” – Fundraising Research Volunteer, summer 2012
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[1] These events run throughout the calendar year and so volunteers would be welcome to attend if one is scheduled during their placement