Social Media Volunteer

About Cup-O-T:

Cup-O-T: Wellness and Therapy Services provides accessible, creative, evidence based mental health support and training to empower communities, young people and families.

Cup-O-T offers outdoor-based occupational therapy programmes as well as family and community sessions. The programmes empower young people aged 7-25 and families, who face complex and difficult challenges in their lives. We focus on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our young people working with them to make lasting changes to their lives and helping them play a positive role in their communities. Our sessions are for young people at risk of exclusion, becoming NEET and those with trauma, SEND and SEMH difficulties. 

Our therapy groups are designed and led by qualified Occupational Therapists who also have training and experience working in outdoor and woodland environments. You will be sharing our work on social media.

About the role:

With the guidance of the staff team you will be responsible for all aspects of our social media presence. You will create a social media content plan for 2 weeks at a time creating a variety of professional posts using photos and video. 

Main duties:

• Create a content plan for 2 weeks at a time
• Create a variety of social media content in line with our brand 
• Keep up to date with our work to gather stories and feedback from our projects
• Share stories of our work on our social media platforms
• Share information posts as requested 
• Create an ongoing social media engagement plan
• Adhere to our client confidentiality and safeguarding policies 

When and where?

• Hours will vary but approx. 6 hours per week
• Home based

Skills / experience needed: 

• Working knowledge of Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
• Working on your own initiative
• Collaboration with the rest of the team
• Communication skills
• Experience using Canva to create social media content
• Experience using a social media scheduler like Metricool

Safeguarding:

• To adhere to the Safeguarding Policy and Procedures.
• To report any safeguarding incidents or concerns immediately to your Designated Safeguarding Officer or Lead Designated Safeguarding Officer.
• To complete any Safeguarding Awareness training as required 
• If required for your post, undertake an enhanced DBS check and maintain annual membership through the update service.