Description
Are you passionate about helping women build their lives beyond crisis? We are recruiting for volunteers to support victims of Domestic Abuse on a 1 to 1 basis. This is a chance to empower other inspirational women by building their confidence and teaching them new Educational and language skills in order to achieve their ambitions and goals. You will be supporting women and children to rebuild their lives free from fear!
What's in it for you?
- Supporting You - You will have a dedicated volunteer supervisor to support you in your role; Quarterly volunteer forums with the central Volunteering team and volunteers across Hestia; References for job applications
- Developing You - You will gain knowledge and insight into issues that impact Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Mental Health; You will have access to our extensive Learning and Development Programme; 40% of our departed volunteers secured a paid role at Hestia last year!
- Valuing You - We hold annual Volunteer Awards and Celebration events; We reimburse travel expenses and up to £5 for lunch for your volunteering; We hold social events and outings for our volunteers to get together and have some fun
Duties
What you will be doing
- To develop and promote a positive relationship with the service user through regular F2F meetings and phone calls.
- To support the service user in developing their educational and vocational aspirations, applying to university, translating previously held qualifications, helping with UCAS applications, researching relevant courses and colleges, helping with English and developing language skills.
- To encourage the service user to attend Economic, Empowerment and Security events ran by Hestia’s volunteering team.
- To encourage the service user to engage in further external and internal educational training and activities and supporting them in doing so.
- Manage appropriate boundaries
Who will the volunteers be working with?
What you will be doing
To develop and promote a positive relationship with the service user through regular F2F meetings and phone calls.
To support the service user in developing their educational and vocational aspirations, applying to university, translating previously held qualifications, helping with UCAS applications, researching relevant courses and colleges, helping with English and developing language skills.
To encourage the service user to attend Economic, Empowerment and Security events ran by Hestia’s volunteering team.
To encourage the service user to engage in further external and internal educational training and activities and supporting them in doing so.
Manage appropriate boundaries
To develop and promote a positive relationship with the service user through regular F2F meetings and phone calls.
To support the service user in developing their educational and vocational aspirations, applying to university, translating previously held qualifications, helping with UCAS applications, researching relevant courses and colleges, helping with English and developing language skills.
To encourage the service user to attend Economic, Empowerment and Security events ran by Hestia’s volunteering team.
To encourage the service user to engage in further external and internal educational training and activities and supporting them in doing so.
Manage appropriate boundaries
Training
Any Training provided by the service
Time commitment
Flexible
Application deadline