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• Engagement and Volunteer Support Worker – VAS Jobs Engagement and Volunteer Support Worker • The Archer Project • 07301088559 • [email protected] The Engagement and Volunteer Support Worker plays a key role in building trusting, person-centred relationships with individuals experiencing homelessness and multiple disadvantages, helping them to access accommodation, healthcare, benefits, and other specialist support. Through direct one-to-one engagement, the post holder empowers people to identify their strengths, overcome barriers, and make positive progress towards greater stability and wellbeing. The role also develops and coordinates a structured volunteer programme, recruiting, training, supporting, and supervising volunteers to deliver safe, consistent, trauma-informed support. By combining direct engagement with volunteer-led interventions, the role strengthens the service’s capacity, increases early intervention opportunities, and extends the impact of The Archer Project’s work. About the Role As an Engagement and Volunteer Worker, you will: • Deliver one-to-one support to individuals experiencing homelessness and complex needs. • Build trusting relationships using trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches. • Support people to access housing, healthcare, benefits, and specialist services through referrals and signposting. • Work collaboratively with partner agencies to provide holistic support. • Encourage and support attendance at appointments and activities that promote stability and wellbeing. • Recruit, train, coordinate, and supervise external volunteers. • Facilitate volunteer reflective practice and ensure high standards of safeguarding and support. • Maintain accurate records, case notes, outcomes, and volunteer activity. • Contribute to team meetings, reflective practice, and continuous service improvement. • Help increase the reach and effectiveness of The Archer Project’s engagement services. About You • You have experience supporting vulnerable adults with complex needs, ideally within homelessness, mental health, substance misuse, or related services. • You are skilled at building trusting, professional relationships and supporting people to achieve positive outcomes. • You understand the challenges associated with homelessness and social exclusion. • You can work effectively within a multi-agency environment and build positive partnerships. • You demonstrate compassion, empathy, resilience, and integrity in your work. • You are organised and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. • You have strong communication, IT, and record-keeping skills. • You are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion, and safeguarding. • You embrace strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches to support. • Experience of coordinating or supervising volunteers would be advantageous. Key Contractual Terms: What We Offer • Salary of £26,500 – £28,500, depending on experience and qualifications. • 33 days annual leave (including public holidays). • Pension scheme with employer contributions. • Ongoing training and development, including safeguarding, trauma-informed practice, reflective practice, and domestic abuse awareness. • A supportive, values-driven team environment. • The opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives every day. • Subsidised meals when based at the main Project site. Staff discount for Printed by Us merchandise (30% off). Free onsite parking (subject to availability). Eligibility for Blue Light Card. • Appointment subject to 3-month review period, which may be subject to extension. • Appointment subject to successful undertaking of an Enhanced DBS check. The following essential criteria must be met: 1) You must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For further information, please refer to: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work 2) Having permanent UK residency is mandatory: https://www.gov.uk/right-of-abode We are unable to provide Visa sponsorship. 3) You must be at least 18 years old. 4) We are unable to accept applicants with unspent criminal convictions or who are subject to criminal registers / orders. If you are interested in applying to the Engagement and Volunteer Support Worker vacancy with The Archer Project, we look forward to receiving your expression of interest, via email to [email protected] , and we will send you an application pack. The deadline for all applications is 12:00 noon on Friday 28th August 2026 . Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 7th September. Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We are therefore advising candidates to apply as soon as possible, should they be interested in joining our team. If you apply but don’t hear back from us by 07.09.2026, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion. Due to the high volumes of inquiries and applications that we normally receive to our vacancies, we are unable to provide individual feedback prior to the interview stage. Please note that The Archer Project and Archer Project Enterprises operate a Monday to Friday office schedule and are closed during bank holidays. Inquiries received outside opening hours will be addressed during opening hours. Thank you for your understanding and patience. • £26,500 – £28,500 • On-site • 37 • Full-time • 28/08/2026 Share Manage Consent To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. 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