Promotion & Engagement Volunteer

The Corner provides support and treatment to young people under 18 in the Sheffield area who are experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol. We also provide advice and information to family members and significant others who may be worried about or affected by a young person's substance misuse. 

As a Service Promotion and Engagement Volunteer, you will support us in spreading awareness of the service we provide. You’ll do this through community outreach engagement activities, and support to actively promote the service we offer to ensure that we reach the young people, families, and organisations who can benefit most.  

You will support in the creation and distribution of promotional materials, supporting with updating our social media platforms and supporting efforts to engage the young people we support.  

This is a rewarding role where you will support us to expand the visibility of our services, and by doing so, you will help us to extend the reach and effectiveness of the service.  This role is ideal for individuals passionate about community engagement and making a difference. 

The role:

Please click the ‘role description’ link above to read more detailed information about the role and key responsibilities.

Where: Sheffield city centre, at the office and operational sites in the local community.

When: We will work with you to be as flexible as possible, whether you can donate one day a week of your time or 3days+.  The core activity of this role occurs during the day (9:00am – 5:00pm).

Volunteer Expenses: Travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed as per CGL's volunteer policy.

Key Activities:

• Support to develop and distribute promotional materials such as flyers, and newsletters
• Support to create and share content for social media platforms to increase engagement and awareness
• Support us to build and maintain relationships with local services and schools etc.
• Attend local organisations teams meetings to raise awareness of our support offer
• Attend community events, stalls and support to provide information sessions to increase awareness & visibility

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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.

Safeguarding

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.