Volunteer Young Persons Outreach

We are looking for an enthusiastic Young Person’s Outreach Volunteer to join our friendly and supportive team. The Corner provides support and treatment to young people under 18 in the Sheffield area who are experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol. This is a great opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young people.

Why volunteer for Change Grow Live

Make a difference with us!

We are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to the people we support, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating every young person as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. 

Change Grow Live is one of the largest providers of substance misuse services in the United Kingdom. Volunteering with us is a great opportunity for you to support and inspire other people while gaining new skills and experience.

Our core values are ‘be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

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) and (5:00-7:00pm). If you'd like to discuss this in more detail before you apply, please email Gemma.

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

Key activities of the role –

• Build positive relationships with the young people we support
• Support in providing confidential, easily accessible and non-judgmental advice around substance misuse to the people we support and their families in the community and ‘drop in’ sessions
• Assist in the promotion of the service to young people, their families and partner agencies and other professionals
• Support in the preparation and delivery of outreach groupwork/stall sessions in local schools, colleges to young people
• Opportunity to support in delivering Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training and Current and Emerging Trends in Young People’s Substance Misuse Training to professionals, e.g. foster carers, school teachers, wellbeing and LQBT+ services
• An opportunity to help deliver engaging group sessions at youth clubs across the city during after-hours activities.