Children & Family Wellbeing Group Support – Longridge
Would you like to support a Bright Stars group on a Monday evening from 7-8.30pm? 
Do you want to make a difference in your local community?
If you have a few hours to spare each week and can volunteer, consider this an excellent opportunity.
Children, Family, & Wellbeing Service, are seeking volunteers to assist under the supervision of a staff member to help those who access their services.
They require Group Support volunteers for their building-based and Mobile Youth Bus activities.
This opportunity will give a volunteer a chance to:
- Gain experience from volunteering for this opportunity.
- Make a positive difference to a child, young person, and their family.
- Use their creative skills.
- Improve their confidence and self-esteem.
Overview of Service:
Children and Family wellbeing Services, prevention and Early Help Service offers support to children, young people and families aged 0-19+years (0-25 Years for SEND) and their families. The service identifies when a child, young person, or family needs support as early as possible.
Tasks:
All tasks are carried out under the supervision of a member of staff:
- Support and assist staff in running sessions and activities as required for the group
- Help set up the room for group work and tidying up afterwards (Building based)
- Help with building new skills, confidence and motivation.
- Engaging with groups of children, young people and their families.
- Help with supporting children and young people with additional needs.
- Log volunteering hours on Better Impact Volunteers account.
Required Qualities:
Essential qualities:
- Patience and understanding
- Approachable and Friendly
- Non-Judgemental
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Trustworthy
- An ability to motivate and inspire others
- Good Communication skills – Good Active Listener
- Reliable and committed to providing long term volunteering support
Training:
Volunteers must have completed the required eLearning training before any activity can be undertaken and may be asked to refresh the training were needed regularly.
Essential training will include:
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- Data Security Awareness
- Health & Safety
- Prevent
- Resuscitation
- Safeguarding Children Level 1
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS checking.
Required Age:
18 years +Schedule:
Longridge Young People Centre, Berry Lane, Old Fire station, PR3 3JP
Apply for this role
If you are interested in this opportunity please contact the Volunteer Co-ordinator for a chat, or click apply now.
Email: Lancashire Volunteer Partnership
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