Vacancies
Trustees
The Good Shepherd has been supporting the most disadvantaged people in Wolverhampton and surrounding areas since 1972. Our mission is to end homelessness, support recovery, and create pathways out of poverty.
We provide a range of services for people who are homeless, have multiple complex needs, vulnerable families, and people on low incomes. We work with people to obtain accommodation, move towards employment, access training or education and develop skills to build self-reliance. Our core values are hospitality, compassion, and respect. We recognise each person’s dignity and potential for growth, and work in a person-centred way.
We’re recruiting new trustees to our Board to help us achieve our strategic goals. We are particularly looking for people with extensive knowledge and expertise in:
Finance
Legal/HR
Health and social care (policy or service delivery)
Fundraising
We want our trustees to reflect the people and communities we serve. In 2023 we supported people from over 60 different countries of origin, with a wide range of backgrounds, and we would welcome applications from people from diverse communities.
At Good Shepherd we particularly value lived experience. More than half of our staff team have personal experience and so we would also welcome applicants with experience, either personally or through a loved one, of social care, homelessness, poverty, addiction and/or poor mental health.
Although we have religious roots as an organisation, our Trustees represent many faiths or none, but all share our core values.
At resent the main board meets four times a year in Wolverhampton, however, we are open to exploring a new venue for in-person meetings. We expect with reading, calls, informal conversations and other ad hoc activities, the time commitment will be up to half a day per month.
To apply, please send an up to date CV and a cover letter briefly explaining why you would like to join the Board and what you skills and experience you would contribute. Closing date for applications is Friday April 26th, 2024.
For further information about the role, or to arrange a discussion, please contact our Chief Executive Tom Hayden on 01902399955 or email [email protected]
Click here to view the trustee specification.
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Café Assistant – Pomegranate
Pomegranate Café is a Social Enterprise Café – a project of The Good Shepherd based at Queen’s Building in Wolverhampton City Centre.
Open to the public, Pomegranate is a vibrant café, offering good quality coffee, cakes and lunch time specials. The café will also be used to raise awareness, engage the community and provide a space for community related events.
As the project progresses, Pomegranate will directly employ people with lived experience of
homelessness, mental health or financial exclusion, offering opportunities for training and
skills development to move towards further employment.
We are looking for casual Café Assistants to support this new venture during our opening times of Tuesday – Friday 8am – 2.30pm.
Please send a CV and covering letter to [email protected] or by post to: Good Shepherd, 65 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4QU.
Click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification.
Volunteer With Us
If you are interested in volunteering your time at the Good Shepherd, then please download and send us your completed Volunteer application form. This can be emailed to [email protected] or posted to 65 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton. WV1 4QU.
Please be aware, there may be a waiting list before a volunteering placement becomes available.
Volunteer Placements
Food service
Support the running of the kitchen, dining room and daily food services.
Drivers and Driver’s Mate
We collect food and goods from various partner agencies across Wolverhampton which we then distribute to people in need. We require Volunteer Drivers and Drivers Mates to help with collections 1-2 days per week. We provide the van and equipment. Drivers must hold a full clean UK driving license.
Storeroom and Food Distribution
This role supports the safe storage and distribution of the food we collect and distribute. We need volunteers to help with sorting, storing and distributing food parcels to families and individuals.
Specialist roles
Do you have a specific skill like counselling or interpreting? Please give us a ring on (01902) 399955 or email [email protected] to see how you could get involved.
Companies and Organisations
We offer corporate volunteering days for groups of up to 4 people at a time. We can provide a wide range of activities and tasks that your volunteers can get involved in from one off projects to helping us deliver our daily services.
Can you offer us your expertise for free to help us improve as a charity? Or can you offer voluntary or employment opportunities for our service users? If so, please get in touch!