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Volunteer Young Person's Representative

Location Gateshead-Tyne and Wear
Job ID 2026-18817
Number of Vacancies Remaining
5
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services for Young People
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Overview

Are you aged 16-25 and looking to give back? Do you want to develop your skills and take on a new challenge?

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to represent the voices of young people who are facing challenges related to drugs or alcohol.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic young person aged 16-25 to volunteer with us as a Young Person's Representative.

 

Positive Futures offers support to young people and young adults under the age of 25 who are facing challenges with drugs and alcohol. As a Young Representative, you will represent the views of young people in our service and use young people’s feedback to help us make improvements.

 

Key activities include:

  • Engage with young people who access our services, by listening to their views and asking for their feedback
  • Represent the views and opinions of young people who access our services
  • Keep young people informed about any changes or decisions made as a result of their feedback.
  • Work with staff and the community to improve and develop the service
  • Promote and encourage ongoing service development in a variety of different ways within the service and community.
  • Create a welcoming and safe space where young people feel comfortable to share their honest thoughts and experiences.
  • Suggest improvements for service resources and interventions to make them more accessible and relatable for young people receiving support.
  • Take part in interview panels for new staff
  • Help to hear the voice of the underrepresented

Where: Gateshead, at our office and within the community.

When: Volunteering will be done between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, and so you must have some availability during these times. We will work with you to be as flexible as possible so that you can fit volunteering around your other commitments. If you would like to discuss this before applying, please email Daniel.

Closing Date

10/4/2026

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

Daniel Kirkbride | daniel.kirkbride@cgl.org.uk

 

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic 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.