Volunteers

Volunteers play a crucial role in helping to ensure that Your Voice in Health and Social Care can raise the profile of issues that matter when it comes to improving our health and social care services.

We believe that everyone is unique and has something valuable to contribute, from sharing life experiences, skills and knowledge, to untapped talent and the willingness to make a real difference to society. You do not need any qualifications to volunteer with us. Just a willingness to listen and talk to a range of individuals, an open mind and a desire to raise the voice of local people.

What are we looking for?

As a YVHSC Volunteer, you can undertake as much or as little as you like from a range of specific roles. Volunteering your time should not be taxing but rewarding to benefit you and the wider community. Times can be flexible to work around you and the commitment needed may vary for different volunteering roles.

As a general rule of thumb we require a minimum commitment of 2 hours per week for a minimum of 3 months. This is to ensure that volunteers can fully benefit from the training and learning experience provided.

What we provide:

• Free training for volunteer personal development

• A variety of volunteer roles to suit individual needs

• A chance to utilise individual skills

How we support:

• We support our volunteers by understanding their desired roles and meet their needs

• We provide them with training in preparation for their role

• We will give our volunteers a placement they are interested in and guide them through the information they will need

• We will provide one to one training for volunteers to prepare them to continue on their own

• Travel expenses will be refunded

  Volunteer Roles Includes:

• HEALTHWATCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT VOLUNTEER

• DATA, EVIDENCE, AND INSIGHT VOLUNTEER

• ENTER AND VIEW AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE

• WEBSITE SUPPORT VOLUNTEER

• MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEER

• SIGNPOSTING & INFORMATION VOLUNTEER

• COMMUNITY RESEARCH VOLUNTEER

 Interns

YVHSC intern program offers a wide range of opportunities for students to enhance their knowledge and experience in the health and social sector.

Intern role description:

• HEALTHWATCH SPECIAL INTERNS
  

Work placement

YVHSC offers opportunity to gain relevant experience, while developing the practical skills and knowledge you will need within the Health and Social Care Sector.

Work placement role description:

• WORK PLACEMENT ROLE

Training

YVHSC’s Volunteer hub provides training for all Volunteers, Interns and Work Placement Students working with us.

These includes:

• Safeguarding

• GDPR training

• Stress Management

• Sleep management

• Call Handling
  

To apply contact us:

Phone: 020 3886 0839

Email: vip@yvhsc.org.uk

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