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Lived Experience Team Volunteer Coordinator

Blackpool , United Kingdom
(not specified)
Lived Experience Team
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Are you passionate about supporting others and making a positive difference in your community? Have you drawn on your own lived experience to support your recovery and now feel ready to use that experience to inspire and empower others?

We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Volunteer Co-ordinator to help recruit, support and develop our volunteers. This role is ideal for someone with relevant personal lived experience who is in a stable place in their own recovery and feels able to use their experiences constructively to encourage and support others on their journey.

As our Volunteer Co-ordinator, you'll help create a welcoming and inclusive volunteering environment, build positive relationships, and ensure our volunteers feel valued, supported and equipped to make a meaningful impact.

If you believe in the value of lived experience, enjoy working with people and are committed to helping others thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

Together, we can make a real difference.

Role Purpose:

  • To recruit, support and develop a small team of Lived Experience Volunteers to participate in volunteer opportunities in the Blackpool Lived Experience Team and Blackpool Recovery Hub.

  • Support the Coproduction Lead in delivering the Volunteer accredited training package.

  • To ensure that the wellbeing and ongoing recovery of each volunteer is prioritised.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop a cohort of up to 10 volunteers.

  • Ensure a mix of volunteering hours are available throughout the working week

  • Ensure all volunteers have Personal Development Plans.

  • 👉 Click here! to view the full list of responsibilities and essential criteria.


Interview Date

Interviews for this role will be held on Friday 7th August 2026. 


Find Out More

If you have any questions about the role, please contact us on 0300 32 32 100 (Option 2), or email admin@empowermentcharity.org.uk to have a chat with a member of the team.

Click here to see our recruitment pack!

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- How do Empowerments values allign with yours?

Tell us how your skills and experience match the role.

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Tell us how you meet the criteria in the person specification,

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References

Please provide details of at least two referees who can provide information relating to your competency, one of whom must be your present or most recent employer. If you are a student, please give an academic reference. If you are applying for a post which requires unsupervised access to children/vulnerable adults, we reserve the right to approach any past employer for a reference.

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Do you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013)? *

If you have answered yes to this question, you will be asked to disclose further details of your criminal record if you are invited to interview.

Declaration

1. My signature confirms that the information provided in this application is complete and correct and that any untrue or misleading information will give my employer the right to terminate any employment contract offered. 2. I agree that my previous employers may be approached for references. I also agree that should I be successful in this application I will, if required, undergo an application to the Disclosure and Barring Service for a standard or enhanced (as appropriate) disclosure. I understand that if I do not agree to do so, or should the disclosure or reference not be satisfactory, any offer of employment may be withdrawn or my employment terminated. 3. I understand that the declaration of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent me from being offered this role.

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