Volunteer Young Persons Resilience

We are looking for an enthusiastic Young Person’s Resilience 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 3 days+. The core activity of this role occurs during the day (8:00am – 5:00pm). 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 –

• Support to engage young people who have drug and alcohol issues and provide them with advice, support and structured interventions to support their health and wellbeing needs
• Support Resilience Workers to carry out comprehensive assessments, risk assessments & plans and contribute to the development of recovery planning
• Document all Service User contact on case management systems in a timely manner
• Support Resilience Workers with one-to-one key work sessions; increasing drug and alcohol awareness and delivering harm reduction advice
• Work towards holding a small caseload of low-risk service users, coordinating their treatment options, and empowering them to achieve their goals
• Raise concerns you are experiencing or that you have about others with staff as required (e.g. safeguarding)