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The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole ...
Outreach support volunteer
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Summary
Do you want to help people make positive changes and support individuals who are experiencing homelessness and have multiple needs?Then we need you!
Detailed description
As an Outreach support volunteer, you will play a pivotal role within the local community promoting our services and engaging with our service users/individuals/rough sleepers and partner agencies.
Getting involved
Your role will be to support the team to engage and support individuals who are experiencing homelessness and have multiple needs/substance misuse. You will be responding to referrals, targeting known locations within the community, actively engaging and building a positive relationship with people who are rough sleeping/experiencing problems with substance misuse.
Supporting rough sleepers is really rewarding and you can make a real difference to somebody’s life. This is the perfect role for a sociable and outgoing person who wants to help their community.
Key activities
- As part of a team target known areas to assertively engage with rough sleepers/service users and respond to referrals where appropriate
- Build positive relationships with rough sleepers working with them 1.2.1 empowering them to achieve their goals
- Attend outreach centres, community venues and satellite services to engage and support service users/rough sleepers
- Work closely with partner agencies and the community including attend meetings where appropriate
- Support rough sleepers/service user by signposting and advocating for them to access support, being a central person between them and other services
- Offer and provide overdose awareness information/ naloxone kit
- Provide confidential, easily accessible, non-judgmental advice around substance misuse, safer injecting overdose and what to do in an emergency
What we offer
- Full training before starting the role and ongoing training to support you to develop.
- Expenses for travel and subsistence.
- Progression supported if wanted.
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All posts are subject to a DBS check, applications must be at least 18 years of age.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs🤝 Extra supportAbout Change, Grow, Live
The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.
We exist to help people achieve their goals, to be the best that they can be and to help change society for the better. This is true whether we are talking about the people who use our services, our staff or our volunteers.
We are not in control of everything that impacts upon the people who use our services. However, we are in control of what we do, how we behave and where we focus our expertise, resources and energy.
Our aim is to work together to challenge stigma and oppression. We want our charity to be a place where our staff and people who use our services are respected and engaged. Ultimately we want to make life safer, easier and better for as many people as we can.