Volunteering Opportunity - Community Engagement Volunteer

Volunteer posts available:

Community Engagement Volunteer

Registered Charity number:

 1049663

Volunteer Provider:

Victim Support/ New Era

Location: North Staffordshire and SoT, City-wide

Area of interest: Supporting Adults, Supporting Children and Young People, Sharing Existing or Learning New Skills

Date Opportunity posted:

 Not Stated

Closing date:

 Ongoing

Opportunity description:

 Community Engagement Volunteers help us to engage our local communities and inform them about crime and our work. 

Main Activities

This role will involve one or more of the following activities: 

• Give presentations to community groups and schools about crime and our work
• Support our team by writing to local organisations such as Parish Councils and supermarkets to secure extra funding
• Run Community Engagement Information sessions within the local community in which you live to raise awareness of Victim Support in the local area eg. Having a stall at a local fete, attending local groups etc.

Specific Role activities Activities specific to this role include:

• Give presentations to community groups, schools, colleges and universities about Domestic Abuse. 
• Support staff to deliver professionals training to partners to raise awareness of Domestic Abuse. 
• Attend partner events such as careers events at university, open days, volunteer recruitment events, to raise VS profile 
• Support the Engagement Officer to facilitate meetings in local communities to improve engagement. 
• Distribute and/or deliver leaflets, posters and information packs to selected venues/locations promoting VS. 

To participate in regular 1-1 supervisions, team meetings and reviews

Training:

Skills and development:

Further information:

Number of hours per week/month 3 hours per month as a minimum.

Although you are under no obligation to do so, ideally you would volunteer within this role for a period of at least 3 months. This will help you get the most out of the experience and provide some consistency for the victims and witnesses that we support.

You will be required to have a DBS check which will be submitted by ourselves and you will be reimbursed with vehicle travel expenses.

To register your interest please click here If you have already registered with us and are also interested in this role, or if you would like more information please contact us