Volunteering for Health Coordinator
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,975 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24975 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL3 7UA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0481-26-0000 |
Summary
Main purpose: To develop, set up and deliver the activities of the Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub based at St Teresa's Hospice, on behalf of the Darlington Volunteers partnership. This post will focus on developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering within the local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment, selection and compliance checks and centralised induction. Further information: Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between lead partner Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland (CADRC), Darlington Association on Disability (DAD), St Teresa's Hospice and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity. The main aims of the partnership are to: develop local volunteering infrastructure increase volunteer diversity use co-production and support to minimise barriers and increase volunteer voice develop, build and grow NHS Charities County Durham and Darlington Hospital Discharge Programme. Darlington Volunteers is funded as part of the national Volunteering for Health programme that is being delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It is being designed to deliver the recommendations of the NHS Volunteering Taskforce published in June 2023. It will deliver grant funding to around 15 local systems (including Darlington Volunteers)to develop robust volunteering infrastructure, break down barriers and test new volunteering. Volunteering for Health will also use learning from grant-funded systems to increase understanding of the impact of volunteering on healthcare delivery, influence national and local policy making, and develop guidance and best practice for all systems. This is a summary of the key duties - for further info please see the full Job Description & Person Spec document which is available to download.