Communities Volunteer (Female*)

The RISE Community Hub drop in is a weekly group for women who have had experience of domestic abuse to access support, peer support and wellbeing activities. You would attend the drop in on a regular basis and help to create a safe and welcoming environment where survivors can connect and engage in activities that promote wellbeing and empowerment. 

• Assist with setting up before sessions and tidying up afterwards
• Greeting clients on arrival and collecting information sensitively and in line with organisational procedures and confidentiality policies.
• Supporting the delivery of wellbeing activities as directed by session facilitator.
• Admin support for the communications work e.g. planning and liaising with external facilitators delivering work within the drop in.
• Recording information on our computerised case note system.

*This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 

Benefits

• Comprehensive induction and training to perform your role effectively.
• Opportunity to support survivors of domestic abuse when they need it most.
• Ongoing supervision and support to manage challenges of supporting survivors of domestic abuse. 

Practical Considerations

Due to extensive training needed to prepare you for this role, we are ideally looking for you to offer one year to volunteering. Please do consider this before applying.

Skills

We're looking for volunteers who are:

• Aware of the impact of domestic abuse and trauma
• Emotionally resilient and self-aware of personal impact of hearing survivor domestic abuse trauma
• Able to respond to the needs of others sensitively and with consideration of values and beliefs, demonstrating empathy and understanding.
• Well organised, professional and reliable
• Able to understand and work with confidential data
• Able to be flexible and work according to the needs of the team
• Able to acknowledge and actively support the rights of women, children and young people who have experienced domestic violence.

When do I need to be available?

Details	4 hours (9am - 1pm) per week to include Thursday mornings.

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