Volunteer - Health and Wellbeing - London, United Kingdom - Humankind Charity

Humankind Charity

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Insight Westminster and Insight Kensington and Chelsea help young people in these two boroughs who may need support to improve their health and wellbeing or want to reduce or stop using drugs, drinking or smoking.

The service is free, friendly and confidential and can help with:
support to improve health and wellbeing

- support to stop or reduce smoking, alcohol or drugs
- advice on benefits, housings and finances
- family support

The service also provides training and guidance to schools, colleges and other professionals. Young people are paired with a Key Worker and there are also group activities.

Details of the Role:

To support Insight with the following:

Attending Health and Wellbeing (H&W) sessions in hostels alongside staff
Assist with H&W and drug and alcohol sessions with young people on a 11 basis.
Assist with the Insight training programme
Load information onto our ILLY Data System training will be provided
Assist with Education, Training and Employment interventions & referral on
Liaising with staff and service users to gain feedback about the service which helps inform decisions and support
Complying with all Humankind policies and procedures, including service and local Safeguarding Procedures, General Data Protection Requirements and Health & Safety

Training:

Volunteers have access to Humankind's training platform, Learningkind, and will be asked to complete a number of training modules within their first 3 months, many of these are e-learning modules.

One session on Safeguarding is delivered by trainers zia Zoom, and is 6 hours (with breaks) - there are a range of dates but please do keep this in mind.

Timings:

The timings can be flexible but we hope the volunteer will be available for a day a week or more (no more than 15 hours per week)
Location:51 Golborne Road

Ladbroke Grove
London W10 5NR
We would love you to bring to this role:
A confident and friendly approach
Empathy and patience
Be respectful and nonjudgemental
Basic IT skills
An understanding of the importance of guidelines and procedures relating to key areas such as safeguarding and information governance
Willingness to undergo a DBS check if required for the role
Willing to attend and complete relevant training
To participate in regular supervision sessions with your supervisor

What Volunteers can expect from Humankind:

Regular supervision and support
Induction and access to online and face to face training
To learn and practice new skills within a team work setting
To feel part of a team and the wider Humankind organisation
Reasonable travel expenses reimbursed with proof of journey
Opportunities to progress and experience other areas of Humankind's work in the region

Our workplace values are:

Honest: we are open and realistic, building trusted relationships in which we challenge, collaborate and change.
Committed: we are passionate about being the best that we can be, and we do this by keeping people at the heart of everything that we do.
Inventive: we are ambitious, drawing together skills and resources to innovate and adapt in determined pursuit of our mission.

Humankind is an equal-opportunity employer.

If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don't feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills.

For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.-
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