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Volunteering opportunity

Activities Coordinator Volunteer

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Medaille Trust
on 20th November 2023
 

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Topic
  • Board games
  • Arts & crafts
  • Communication
  • Cooking
  • Creativity
Theme
  • Mental health
  • Refugee support
  • Victim support
Help type
  • Socialising
  • Activity
  • Support group
  • Trauma-informed
Community
  • All Wiltshire
Age range
  • 18+

Medaille Trust supports and empowers survivors of modern slavery, trafficking and exploitation. We do this in a number of ways, from offering safe accommodation, to offering support both in our safehouses and out in the community on our Moving on Projects. Our work also includes advocacy and awareness raising in the UK as well as an entrepreneurship academy in Albania, which provides meaningful alternatives to those who may otherwise be at risk of exploitation. All our work embodies a commitment to personalised support, recognising the dignity and agency of our service users and empowering them on a path to a life that is free from slavery and exploitation.

 

As part of the work we do, we offer activities to service users to help them to gain skills, learn new things and create friendships.

 

We are looking for creative and imaginative volunteers to help us to design and deliver a varied programme of activities including educational, craft – including crochet and knitting as well as cookery, sporting, holistic and wellbeing activities. With a focus on consulting service users about what they would like to see as part of these activities.

The activities should be trauma informed and meet the specific needs of the service user group.

 

CORE TASKS

 

Role Description

The role would suit someone who is friendly, kind, empathetic and non-judgemental.  This position is very rewarding and would suit a person who is happy to work in a team, in a busy and sometimes challenging environment.   

This role requires maturity, and an ability to engage with female adults in a trauma informed way, while working alongside staff members to deliver the activities in line with agreed procedures and systems. 

·       Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.

·       Volunteers will need to be computer literate and have a good standard of spoken and written English

·       To hold a food hygiene certificate or be willing to attend training

·       This role requires a regular commitment every fortnight

·       Ability to maintain confidentiality is essential

·       Volunteers to have knowledge and understanding of human trafficking issues or willingness to learn

·       Knowledge of mental health conditions and the challenges faced or a willingness to learn

·       An understanding of the importance of professional boundaries in the role

·       Must be able to get to the venue(s) which are based in Swindon and surrounding area.

This role is restricted for females under the Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and is subject to ongoing satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

 

An enhanced DBS check is required for this role. 

Training will be provided 

Travel expenses are inline with our travel expenses policy

For more information, to contact us and register your interest please click the 'Pledge' button and we will get back to you. 

When: Every week

Monday
09:00 - 17:00 BST
Tuesday
09:00 - 17:00 BST
Wednesday
09:00 - 17:00 BST
Thursday
09:00 - 17:00 BST
Friday
09:00 - 17:00 BST

Provided by Medaille Trust

Contact name
Katie Moreton
Email address
volunteering@medaille-trust.org.uk

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