South Asian-Speaking Befriender Volunteer - Female Only (South Asian Speaking Befriender Volunteer – Female Only)

Hestia

London, Greater London (On-site)

Unpaid role, expenses paid

Voluntary

Actively Interviewing

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Job description

Are you passionate about helping women build their lives beyond crisis? We are recruiting for volunteers to support victims of Domestic Abuse on a 1 to 1 basis. This is a chance to empower other inspirational women by building their confidence and teaching them new life skills in order to achieve their ambitions and goals. You will be supporting women and children to rebuild their lives free from fear!

What you will be doing

To develop and promote a positive relationship with the service user through regular meetings
To encourage service users to engage in social activities and supporting them in doing so
To support your befriendee in developing their goals and social skills
Encourage your befriendee to make links with community services, based on their identified goals
To support and help the service user to get familiar with their new environment/area/community and show them where the local shops, GP, etc are located
To plan activities with your befriendee, such as a walk, visiting museums
Manage appropriate boundaries

The skills you need

Have good listening and communication skills
Be non-judgmental and motivational in approach
Willingness to engage in activities in the community
Able to maintain strict confidentiality and follow operating guidelines
To be consistent and dependable when working with a service user
Lived in experience and ability to speak another language such as Hindu, Urdu, Farsi, etc would be desirable but not required

What's in it for you

Supporting You - You will have a dedicated volunteer supervisor to support you in your role; Quarterly volunteer forums with the central Volunteering team and volunteers across Hestia; References for job applications
Developing You - You will gain knowledge and insight into issues that impact Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Mental Health; You will have access to our extensive Learning and Development Programme; 40% of our departed volunteers secured a paid role at Hestia last year!
Valuing You - We hold annual Volunteer Awards, outings, celebration, and social events for our volunteers to get together and have some fun; We reimburse travel expenses and up to £5 for lunch for your volunteering.