Volunteering
We are now recruiting for volunteers!
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 30th January 2012
Selection Day: Monday 6th February 2012
Interviews: Friday 10th February or Monday 13th February 2012
Training Dates: Week One - 20th, 21st, 22nd February 2012
Week Two - 27th, 28th, 29th February 2012
If you would like to become a volunteer but are unable to make the dates listed above please check back again soon for dates later in the year!
What is a Youth Support Volunteer?
A Youth Support Volunteer is a volunteer who has completed our Youth Support Volunteer Training and works as a volunteer providing support and information to young people at the Zone for at least half a day a week.
There is not one type of person who is a Youth Support Volunteer. We have people who are Youth Support Volunteers who want to gain experience working with young people; who are returning to work after having children or facing challenges in their lives; who are thinking about changing their jobs , who fell in to it, and many more reasons.
The most important thing for a Youth Support Volunteer to know is it can be a very rewarding job but it can also be very hard and emotionally demanding, especially when the help you can offer a young person is limited. It is not a volunteering position to consider for a person who is emotionally vulnerable and who thinks it will make them feel better to help others as sometimes that is not possible or the young people choose not to accept the help.
Interested in becomming a YSW volunteer?
To become a volunteer please read Information and application pack carefully, complete the application form and return it to us by email or post. All candidates must be over 18 and must not have used The Zone services in the past 6 months.
Important Documents:
Rehabilitation of Offenders Policy
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