VILLAGE ANGELS SHIFT LEAD →

Village Angels Shift Lead

Key Information

Special Terms: Variable Hours – At least 1 shift per month (7 hours/shift)

Hourly Rate: £14.52 / hour

Accountable for: Village Angels

About The Role

LGBT Foundation is an impactful, vibrant charity with a wide portfolio of well-established services and rapidly developing new initiatives aimed at meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people. We are looking for a Shift Lead for our Village Angels Team, who will be responsible for leading our team in the Liverpool area.

Our Village Angels service is a community safety initiative, aimed at supporting people to “get home safely”. They are the face of the LGBT Foundation and the LGBTQ+ community. The team can be found patrolling Liverpool city centre from 9pm to 3.30am on Friday and Saturday nights.

They support vulnerable people with a wide range of issues, including injuries, mental health crisis, and those who are lost and are struggling. They also provide signposting to services for onward support. This service has been running in Manchester for 15 years. After a successful trial period in Liverpool throughout February and March, we will be continuing the service from May 23rd.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Village Angels team during shifts.
• Provide safe and supportive support to vulnerable individuals.
• Make decisions in risky or challenging situations.
• Maintain relationships with partner organisations such as Merseyside Police and LGBTQ+ venues.

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Understanding of the key issues experienced by the LGBTQ+ community.
• Experience within healthcare is desirable but not essential.
• Basic first aid, safeguarding, and mental health first aid training will be provided.

Inclusive Recruitment

We are taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other racially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary, and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.

Trans Definition

• Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross-dressers, and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

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