Department: Family Team: Prevention and Recovery
Place of Volunteering: RISE head office (near the Level)
Hours of Volunteering: Two hour a week - Tuesdays 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Reporting to: Family Worker
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
To support in setting the group up through contacting families and assessing the children’s suitability. (There will be up to six children in a group.)
General duties:
- Provide a safe and enjoyable space for children in the group
- Assess children’s suitability to come onto the group
- Help to set up and clean down the room
- Organise resources for the session
- Administration tasks
- Entering case notes onto database
- Any other duties as required and relevant to the team’s needs
Personal skills and qualities required:
- Some experience and/ or qualification in working with children
- An interest in young people
- Good interpersonal, communication and listening skills
- Ability to plan and organise activities
- Ability to be patient and understanding
- Ability to take initiative as well as encourage others
- Ability to understand and work with confidential data
- Ability to be flexible and work according to the needs of the team
- At all times you will be expected to protect the safety and security of services, service users, staff, volunteers and buildings, and the confidentiality of records and other information
- Acknowledge and actively support the rights of women, children and young people who have experienced domestic violence.
What we offer:
- You will be working as part of a dynamic and supportive professional team
- You will have an opportunity to develop your strengths and skills (communication, teamwork, time management, positive attitude, initiative), build confidence and feel valued
- You will gain transferable professional skills and work experience that provides you with additional sources for positive work references
- You will gain greater knowledge about the third sector
- Comprehensive induction and training to perform your role effectively.
- We will reimburse reasonable travel expenses.
- Where a volunteer works more than 5 hours in any one day a lunch allowance of up to £3.50 will be reimbursed.