Youth Support Volunteer

Youth Support Volunteers

We are currently recruiting for our next Training Course

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 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.

Please see table below for Application Deadlines, Selection Days Interviews and Course Dates. If your application is successful you will be invited to attend a Selection Day on the specified date (usually between 10.00am - 4.00pm) followed by an interview the following week.

Important Dates

*Courses run 10.00am-4.00pm Monday to Friday

Information and Application Pack [WORD] [PDF]
Application Form [WORD] [PDF]

Please return completed application form by email or by post to the HR Officer, The Zone, 14-16 Union Street, Derry's Cross, Plymouth PL1 2SR.

For further information please contact the HR Officer.