VILLAGE ANGELS SHIFT LEAD → inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED
TUE 7 JAN 2025
LGBT Foundation rvDFUgHW
Opportunities to make a meaningful impact in the LGBTQ+ community by providing vital support and safety.
Leadership role that involves developing strong communication and management skills.
Flexible working hours that align with weekend nightlife, allowing for a unique work experience.
Training provided in first aid, safeguarding, and mental health first aid, enhancing personal skill sets.
Engagement with a diverse group of people, fostering connections within the community.
Collaboration with local authorities, including Greater Manchester Police, to enhance community safety.
The Village Angels Shift Lead role at the LGBT Foundation in Manchester is a leadership position within a community safety initiative. This service aims to ensure the safety of individuals in the LGBTQ+ community as they navigate Canal Street and its surroundings on Friday and Saturday nights, typically from 9 PM to 3:30 AM. The Shift Lead will oversee a team that provides support to vulnerable individuals facing various issues, ranging from injuries and mental health crises to navigation challenges. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential, as well as the ability to manage challenging situations and make decisions in high-pressure environments. Familiarity with the issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community is essential, and while experience in health care is a plus, necessary training in first aid, safeguarding, and mental health will be provided.
In this role, the Shift Lead will also be responsible for maintaining partnerships with Greater Manchester Police and local venues, fostering a collaborative approach to community safety. The position underscores the importance of creating a supportive environment and advocating for the well-being of the LGBTQ+ community through effective team management and community engagement.
In this role, the Shift Lead will also be responsible for maintaining partnerships with Greater Manchester Police and local venues, fostering a collaborative approach to community safety. The position underscores the importance of creating a supportive environment and advocating for the well-being of the LGBTQ+ community through effective team management and community engagement.
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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.
Our Village Angels service is a community safety initiative, aimed at supporting people to “get home safely” on a Friday and Saturday night. They are the face of the LGBT Foundation and the LGBTQ+ community. The team can be found patrolling around Canal Street and the nearby area 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.
We are looking for people who have strong communication skills, leadership skills, and the ability to manage difficult or challenging situations. Our team engage with potential service users and members of public regularly and will need to be able to make decisions when dealing with risky situations. As this team’s work is based within Manchester’s gay village, we are looking for individuals with understanding of the key issues experienced by the LGBTQ+ community which will aid them in provide safe support to those who need us but also when working in partnership strong relationships with Greater Manchester Police and village venues.
Experience within health care is desirable but not essential, as first aid, safeguarding, and mental health first aid training will be provided.
Job Opportunity
Village Angels Shift Lead
DOWNLOAD THE ROLE PROFILE
COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
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.
Our Village Angels service is a community safety initiative, aimed at supporting people to “get home safely” on a Friday and Saturday night. They are the face of the LGBT Foundation and the LGBTQ+ community. The team can be found patrolling around Canal Street and the nearby area 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.
We are looking for people who have strong communication skills, leadership skills, and the ability to manage difficult or challenging situations. Our team engage with potential service users and members of public regularly and will need to be able to make decisions when dealing with risky situations. As this team’s work is based within Manchester’s gay village, we are looking for individuals with understanding of the key issues experienced by the LGBTQ+ community which will aid them in provide safe support to those who need us but also when working in partnership strong relationships with Greater Manchester Police and village venues.
Experience within health care is desirable but not essential, as first aid, safeguarding, and mental health first aid training will be provided.
- 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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