Social Club Volunteers Volunteer Roles in Bristol

We are looking for experienced professionals with experience of working with teenagers/ young adults/ unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Following a rise in referrals for asylum seeking children, teenagers and young adults, we are looking for volunteers to help us support young refugees and fulfil their unmet needs. 

We need volunteers who have relevant experience to help us get to know these children, to spend time with them either one on one or via group outings/ youth clubs. Or volunteers will help these young people to learn English, provide advocacy e.g. accessing services, escorting to appointments and provide emotional support. They will work with our lead Refugee and Migrant Support Practitioner to ensure these young people are able to access their rights and entitlements. 

Essential experience:

- work supporting young/ teenage people or refugees 

- one to one casework or group work with young/teenagers refugees

- provision of emotional support to vulnerable young people

- commitment to helping asylum seeking children access their rights and entitlements and access justice

Desirable experience:

- social work experience supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children

- ESOL provision

- other languages e.g. Arabic, Tigrinya

Availability for the roles will vary but could include evenings and weekends. 

Training and supervision will be provided by our Refugee and Migrant Practitioner who has expertise in this area. 

Enhanced DBS checks and two references will be required. 

Are you passionate about supporting your local community? If so, we want to hear from you.

How you can help us:

As a FOOD Club Volunteer you will be part of the friendly team providing local families with an affordable way to access food whilst also saving food from landfill. We have 8 FOOD clubs in Bristol and staff and volunteers run these popular weekly sessions in community venues. 

What's involved:

• Receiving deliveries and ensuring the safe storage of food
• Completing daily checks to keep food safe and distributing food to members
• Introducing families to new opportunities and activities through signposting to local services and within the FOOD clubs
• Contribute to a non-judgemental, safe space and support families emotional wellbeing where needed
• Volunteers will need to gain an understanding (appropriate to your role) of, and comply with, all relevant Family Action policies and procedures
• For this role you would be required to go through a DBS check

This role would suit people who:

• Are friendly, non-judgemental and empathetic
• Have an understanding of working with vulnerable families
• Have an interest in or experience with working to fight food insecurity or poverty
• Are confident speaking to a diverse range of people and an active listener
• Are able to work in a confidential environment
• A team player
• Is organised and proactive

Benefits to Volunteering with us:

• An excellent opportunity to develop new and existing skills
• The opportunity to gain experience
• The chance to be at the heart of your local community, meet new people and be part of an enthusiastic team
• Out of pocket expenses
• Training, support and references

Training and support you will receive as a volunteer with Family Action:

• Access to our standard e-learning package, giving you a great basic introduction to topics such as Safeguarding and Equality and Diversity
• Access to an accredited level 2 qualification in Food Safety and Hygiene 
• Access to the FOOD Club
• Face-to-face training to ensure that you are fully equipped with the knowledge and skills needed for this role
• Ongoing support from your supervisor and the wider team

Please get in contact if you require any support with your application or have any initial questions. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Family Action is a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operate with mutual respect.

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Do you live in a rural or semi-rural location? Would you like to help older people in your community and surrounding areas? If yes, please read on.

Community Information Volunteers (previously known as Village Agents) provide an information and connections service, to people living in their local area, enabling them to find the help and support they need and to engage with their community. They are known, trusted local residents and provide face-to-face contact, for people who are less likely to use the telephone or internet, to access information.

Outline of the role

What do Community Information Volunteers actually do?

Community Information Volunteers work to make their faces known in their local area by attending events and groups (Covid restrictions allowing), so that people get to know who they are and that they can be approached with queries.

They visit people in their homes in response to queries, and will also provide a helping hand to enable the person to make use of the information provided. This could be by making a phone call or filling in a form on behalf of the person. They may help to arrange transport, or go with a person to a local group for the first time, to help introduce them.

Typical enquiries include, but are not exclusive to:

• Finding local tradespeople, such as gardeners or a handyperson
• Helping to complete forms, such as Blue Badge and Attendance Allowance applications
• Introducing to local community groups and services, such as lunch clubs or social groups
• Staying safe around the home, such as personal alarms
• Finding help around the home, such as a carer or cleaner

Also, Community Information Volunteers get to know key local groups and organisations, such as the parish/town council, GP surgery and other voluntary organisations working in the area. They are supported by our Information Service if they need help with a resident’s query.

Training is provided, and you will be required to undertake regular training/reading, to keep up-to-date with the latest practices and guidance. We are following strict Covid-safe guidelines and a DBS check will be required. You will be based at home, but will be visiting people in their home and attending local meetings/groups/activities.

For this role you need to be:

• An excellent communicator, both in writing and orally, with a range of people and organisations such as older people, carers, relatives and professionals
• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to review and extract relevant information
• Good IT skills – email; using the internet; Microsoft Office (Word; Excel)
• Strong time-management skills
• Understanding
• Friendly
• Car owner/driver or able to travel in your local community and surrounding areas

What is in it for you?

• Becoming part of a friendly, dedicated organisation
• Volunteering in your local community for a local independent charity
• Meeting people and making new friends
• Improving and learning new skills
• Enjoying new experiences
• References for your CV

A fantastic opportunity to join a growing charity dedicated to helping young people to fulfil their potential through teaching and learning to skateboard.

We're looking for new trustees to join this unique charity that recruits, trains and mentors young skateboarders aged 16+ to coach children and young people aged 7 to 14 to learn to skateboard.

Established in 2015, The Skateboarding Foundation has developed a coaching programme that has been shown to:

• Improve life skills
• Foster teamwork
• Build confidence
• Develop commitment

We're looking for people from a variety of backgrounds with different skills, abilities and experiences and an interest in youth development to help us take our programme to more locations in the UK, helping more children and young people. 

If you're interested in finding out more before applying and would like an informal chat about the opportunity please send us an email or complete the contact form on our website (details in the overview document).

Are you committed to childhood flourishing with an interest in creating stragegies for this to happen?

Godly Play offers spiritually sensitive approaches to learning and living together in a fragile world. We take childhood spirituality seriously, providing training to transform thinking and practice for the whole of life.

A Christian movement, Godly Play seeks to make space for questions about the meaning and purpose of life, through play, wondering, story, exploration and community.

Our small board of trustees supports a group of fifteen part-time trainers offering courses to people working with children in churches of many traditions, in schools and in community settings. 

We would like to diversify our board's ethnicity, age and gender. It would be great to have someone with grant-seeking experience and/or communications know how, but we would love to talk to anyone who is interested.

Would you like to join us? Our website offers lots more information.