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Entry Into Service Volunteer

Location Kings Lynn-Norfolk
Job ID 2024-14830
Number of Vacancies Remaining
100
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services
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Overview

Volunteers make an enormous contribution to our work at Change Grow Live.

 

Last year over 1400 volunteers donated over a quarter of million hours of their time to our organisation.

 

We are seeking Entry Into Service Volunteers, would you like to join our growing team of volunteers, and make a real difference?

 

Responsibilities

Making the decision to enter treatment can be an intimidating experience so it’s paramount that we create a welcoming and caring environment which is non-judgmental. Assessment is a key opportunity to engage people, your role will be to listen to our service users to understand their needs and support them to access the right intervention at the right time in a way that best meets their needs.

 

You will advising service users about the options that are available to them both within the service and the wider community and offering them appropriate, knowledge, advice and equipment to enable them to keep themselves safe. You will be provided with all the skills, knowledge, training and support to undertake the role.

 

Volunteering at Change Grow Live

 

  • Volunteers contribute to Change Grow Live in a variety of ways. From Admin Volunteers to Service User Reps, from Peer Mentors to Healthcare Support Volunteers, from Independent Visitors to Community Mentors each volunteer brings a unique set of skills and talents. We are incredibly grateful for all that volunteers do to support our service users.
  • If there isn’t a specific volunteering role listed for the service in your area, or have a skill you would like to donate to us you can use this listing to express your interest
  • Most of our volunteer opportunities don’t need any special qualifications. We’ll make sure you get all the training and support you need. All we ask is that you're kind, open-minded and passionate about supporting people.
  • Everyone is welcome at Change Grow Live. As a volunteer you will be treated with respect and accepted for who you are. You don’t need to have personal experience of drug and alcohol recovery to get involved

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

Matt Laker | matthew.laker@cgl.org.uk | 01603 514096

 

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.