Jobs & Volunteering Opportunities

About Light Peer Support

Light is a mental health peer support charity, set up in 2010, which has grown to support parents and their families across South Yorkshire. We’re led by our passion to support mental health during pregnancy and beyond for all families from all communities.  

The role

Light delivers a perinatal mental health peer support service across South Yorkshire, working in partnership with multiple statutory and public sector funders to ensure that women and families have access to high quality peer support in the perinatal period, as part of an integrated mental health care pathway. 

Light is seeking an experienced and innovative service manager to lead and inspire the team and hold operational responsibility for the day-to-day management of our peer support service. This will include all aspects of service delivery, service development and performance management of the team to ensure our contract requirements are met and we…

INDEPENDENT CUSTODY VISITOR SCHEME, run by South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

This is an opportunity to offer protection to detainees, the police and reassurance to the community at large.

You will gain an insight into the criminal justice system by making unannounced visits to the South Yorkshire Police Custody Suites to check on the welfare of detainees held in the suites. Visits are flexible and full training is provided.

The role requires volunteers to carry out 1 visit each month [or as many as you like], attend 2 panel meetings each year, and an induction training session. Tasks include:- To arrange and carry out custody visits to custody suites in line with the panel rota, scheme guidelines and training received.- To carry out the duties of an Independent Custody Visitor (ICV) as set out in the scheme’s handbook, giving due regard to Health and Safety requirements of the custody visiting scheme…