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Diversionary Activities Volunteer

Location Coventry-West Midlands
Job ID 2023-10759
Number of Vacancies Remaining
3
Category
Volunteering with Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults

Overview

Positive Choices are currently looking to recruit Volunteers to support the young people who access our service with their engagement by coordinating, running & evaluating the Service’s diversionary activities.

 

Positive Choices is Change Grow Live’s confidential service in Coventry supporting young people between the ages of 5 and 24. We offer advice and guidance to young people who are affected by a loved one’s drug or alcohol misuse or if they are using drugs or alcohol themselves and want support to make changes.

 

We also support young people around unhealthy partner relationships, sexual health and keeping safe online and in the community. We are an Award Winning Service with a great reputation across the city and are currently  looking to expand our volunteering team with people that want to make a real difference.

 

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

  • Capture the voice of our young people regarding their views and preferences for diversionary activities, through consultation
  • Devise a programme of diversionary activities based on the voice of our young people
  • Organise and support the facilitation of diversionary activities. Sometimes this may also include the transportation of young people.
  • Be responsible for the evaluation of the activities to ensure our offer is meaningful and has a positive impact on our young people

INTERVIEW DATE:

10/8/2023

Closing Date

2/8/2023

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Ashleigh Roach | ashleigh.roach@cgl.org.uk

 

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

 

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.