Young Leader Co-Ordinator

When: A few hours a month

Where: This role can be remotely done at home

Contact: Julia or Chris

Contact Email: dc@dorkingscouts.org.uk or explorers@dorkingscouts.org.uk

Open Volunteer Spots: 1 (or shared between 2)

We are looking for a volunteer team leader to lead our District Explorer Scout Young Leader scheme. Explorer Scout Young Leaders are Explorers who volunteer alongside adult leaders in a Beaver Colony, Cub Pack or Scout Troop. They’re a valuable asset to any leadership team and play an active role in the section, bringing a range of fresh ideas to the table and acting as positive role models for the young people they work alongside. All Young Leaders in the Beaver, Cub and Scout section who are between the ages of 14 and 18 must be members of a Young Leaders Unit.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and ensuring quality training and supervision of Young Leaders within the District. This includes ensuring that this provision is open to all Explorer Scouts in the District.

We are fortunate enough to have a strong Young Leader Scheme run by Surrey County Scouts that we currently utilise, they host two to three conferences a year to deliver the training so this is a purely an administrator role only.

What we will provide

• Fun and friendship with like-minded volunteers who enjoy adventure!
• On-going support and mentoring within your new role
• We have an award-winning training scheme for our volunteers, so you get as much from it as our amazing young people, including practical skills like first aid and transferable skills like communication and leadership
• Full membership to The Scout Association
• Practical and online resources, help and advice for planning future activities, adventures, trips and programme ideas
• An opportunity to make a positive contribution to our local community and provide life changing opportunities to the young people in it.

If you would like more information, please do contact us for a chat – we don’t bite we promise! We look forward to welcoming you to the team!

Skills required for this role:

• Deliver the young leader training modules.
• Maintain OSM records for all young leaders in the district including their agreed placement, training modules and missions.
• Liase with the adult training manager on them turning 18 to help cross transfer training records
• Receive initial YL enquiries, schedule onto Module A, identify suitable placements in groups and formally agree these. Communicate and agree placement start dates with young leaders and parents
• Share OSM records with YL placement sections
• Review YL section placements annually and validate these are still correct
• Maintain badge stock, YL buckles and certificates
• Maintain all systems / procedures for the above tasks
• Liase with local training manager about Module K – First Aid training provision regularly
• Act as a support point for young leader queries around placements, support requirements or leadership questions about how to utilise young leader