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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Volunteer Role: Volunteer- Connect Service
Location: Across Wales
Frequency: Approximately six to ten hours per month
Reporting to: Children and Young Peoples Service Manager
Safeguarding: Enhanced DBS
What you will be doing
As a volunteer with the Connect Service, you will work with the Lead Workers to support delivery of the Children and Young People Service, across South Wales. You will support the Lead Workers to maintain agreed levels of contact with young people and their adoptive family during their registered time with the service and support other Connect activities as agreed with you.
During the monthly sessions you will help with general tasks such as room set up, refreshments and general duties involved with group sessions as well as supporting the children and young people to engage in the group activities/workshops.
In between the monthly sessions it will be important to keep up to date with adoptive parenting issues through reading Adoption Today, Adoption UK publications and information, and other relevant background material.
As a Volunteer with the Connect Service, you will attend volunteer induction training and ongoing training and development. As well as talking to, or meeting with, relevant Adoption UK staff for the purpose of supervision and review. It will be essential to comply with Adoption UK’s health and safety, equal opportunities, child protection and vulnerable adult, data protection, confidentiality and other policies.
The Skills and Experience you need
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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Ability to relate to children and young people
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Ability to work as part of a team
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The capacity to understand and to empathise with the issues of concern for adopted children and young people and their parents
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Awareness of, and dedicated to, anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities
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Able to demonstrate a commitment to and an understanding of the aims and objectives of Adoption UK.
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Ability to respect and understand the need for confidentiality
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Flexible and adaptable approach to work
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Positive and motivated attitude to work
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Professional approach
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The ability to speak Welsh is desirable and respect for the Welsh language is essential
What’s in it for you
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Meet new people and be part of helping adopted young people to thrive
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Access to the online family members area and the opportunity to attend relevant training and development opportunities
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Use and develop your communication, organisational and people skills
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Receive an induction, relevant training, the support you need to carry out the role and agreed out-of-pocket expenses
Safeguarding role requirements: All applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS
Registered Charity
51 - 100
Adoption UK is the leading charity for adopted and care experienced people and adoptive families.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Caritas Young Parents’ Service offers accommodation-based support to young parents and their children who have experienced chaotic and/or unsafe lifestyles. We aim to keep families together and equip them with the tools they need to move on to independent living. We provide a safe space for parents to confidently parent their child.
We show parents how to play with their babies and toddlers to help them to develop new skills through guided play sessions and story times. We run skills and wellbeing sessions for the parents to help them develop independent living skills, such as how to cook on a budget.
We are excited to advertise for a new volunteer that can help deliver these activities, so if you have any skills that you are not utilising, you might be just who we are looking for.
What you will be doing
- Supporting the staff-led delivery of creative age-appropriate activities for the children, wellbeing-focused sessions for the parents and getting involved with the activities and sessions organised by staff.
- Supporting staff led activities focused on day-to-day tasks that will increase confidence, such as basic cookery sessions
- Empathising with young people experiencing parenthood for the first time.
- Volunteers are required to follow all Caritas safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries policies at all times. Any concerns about the welfare of any of the children or adults who use the services must be acted upon in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy.
- Volunteers be responsible to the Service Manager who would organise their induction and ongoing supervision.
- Volunteers would be expected to ensure the confidentiality of the people who use the service, and not share any information relating to them outside of the service team.
- Volunteers will be working alongside a member of staff - either the service manager or a project worker. Once a volunteer is confident and the manager is happy with their approach then they may be left to complete a play session, for example, but they would not be working alone in the building.
- This role requires a commitment of 5 to 10 hours per week. The role is open ended not fixed term.
The skills you need
- Empathy
- Good listener
- Good communication skills
- Patience
- Respect
- Some residents may have experienced trauma, homelessness, abuse or family breakdown. Volunteers should be comfortable working in a sensitive and supportive environment.
What's in it for you
- Opportunity to use your experience and skills to support people in your communities to whom your support matters.
- Growing confidence and esteem
- Full induction and training
- Further training opportunities
Disclaimer
Please read before applying: As part of the safer recruitment process, we will be requesting an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two references for this role. Having a criminal record is not necessarily a bar to volunteering within the organisation. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and the background of the offences. Prior to starting with us you will be required to complete mandatory online training modules.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
To help people across the Diocese of Salford experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination to transform their lives with dignity
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.