What will I be doing?
- Helping or delivering presentations and talks to local groups and individuals to promote our services and the different ways that people can support our cause.
- Attending local group meetings and events.
- Actively networking through personal connections or local opportunities.
- Talking to potential volunteers about how they can get involved.
- Sign-posting people to Victim Support services.
- Distributing communication materials.
What skills do I need?
- Approachable and non-judgemental manner.
- Good listening and verbal communication skills.
- Basic IT skills.
- Ability to volunteer within our values, policies and procedures.
How much time am I expected to give?
- Ideally you would volunteer for an average of 2 hours per week over at least a 12 month period so that you can get the most out of the role and to provide some continuity to the victims and witnesses that we support.
What does the training involve?
- Foundation - this is eLearning that will take an average of 12 hours to complete over a 2-week period that can be completed at home or at our offices.
- Multi-crime - this is a combination of 6 workbooks and participation in 2 workshops. This will take an average of 8 weeks to complete.
- Presentation - this is a workbook that can be completed at home or at our offices, and will take an average of 5 hours to complete.
What are the benefits?
- Full induction, one-to-one support for the role, and opportunities for excellent training and to develop new skills.
- All volunteers have free access to the Employee Access Programme which provides free, confidential assistance with any work, personal or family issue.
- Rewarding sense of having made a positive difference to people’s lives.
- Learn about the work of criminal justice agencies.
- All volunteers have free access to a wide range of e-learning opportunities.
- Chance to engage with a wide range of people and diverse community groups.
What opportunities do I get?
- Develop your public speaking, presentation and networking skills.
- Join a team of like-minded people.
- Contribute to our valuable work.
- Ability to engage with the Victim Support Volunteer Panel.
- Opportunities to join in project teams and influence development throughout the organisation.
This opportunity is available to all applicants aged 18 and over. This role requires references and internal safeguarding checks. Volunteers will be asked to provide all relevant documents for VS to carry out these checks. All volunteers must have an active email address that they use regularly and be willing to engage in our electronic means of communication, keeping up-to-date with information on our intranet, maintaining personal details on our database, and engaging in two-way communication.
If you have any questions please contact us on 01380 738878 or [email protected]