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Volunteering on the support service 

Are you a good listener? Do you care deeply about helping others feel heard, safe, and supported?

We’re looking for six amazing volunteers to join our Support Service team at the Charity for Action on Spiritual Abuse. This is a meaningful role where you’ll support people who’ve been hurt in religious, spiritual, or faith-based communities.

What You’ll Be Doing  

As a Support Service Volunteer, you’ll be part of a team offering emotional support and guidance to people who’ve experienced spiritual abuse, or who have been hurt in religious, spiritual or faith-based communities.

You’ll start by arranging an initial call to listen to their story and help them figure out what kind of support they need. If they want more help, you can offer up to five follow-up calls, spaced apart fortnightly or longer.

You’ll help people by:

• Listening with care and compassion

• Explaining what spiritual abuse is

• Talking through their options if they want to report what happened

• Working on some basic wellbeing strategies together 

• Signposting to other organisations who can offer more help 

This role is flexible. We will decide together how many people you want to support each week, between 1 and 3 people. Then you can arrange to have those calls at a time that suits you. Each person you support can have up to six calls with you, depending on what they need.

We ask that you only arrange to have calls sometime between 9-5 on Monday to Thursday, so that someone is available to offer you a debrief if you need support straight away after a call.

What We’re Looking For  

You don’t need to be an expert, but we’re looking for people who:

• Live in the UK

• Have experience or training in listening, wellbeing, or safeguarding

• Communicate clearly and kindly

• Understand how abuse in faith settings can affect people — through personal experience, supporting others, or training

• Are emotionally ready to support others (especially if you’ve been through something similar)

• Can work well in a team and ask for help when needed

• Have access to a computer and a private space to make calls online

• Have basic IT skills 

What You’ll Get  

We’ll make sure you feel supported every step of the way:

• Full training and induction – delivered online on dates we agree together 

• Regular supervision and debriefs after calls

• Opportunities to learn and grow

• Feedback on the impact you’re making

• A charity email address and access to Microsoft Teams for your calls

Ready to Apply?  

If this sounds like something you’d love to be part of, we can send you a full role profile and a short online application form 

Deadline to apply: Sunday 22nd November

We’ll be holding online interviews in late November to early December.  

We’ll arrange training sessions during January and early February. The dates for training will be agreed with you with as much flexibility for your schedule as possible.