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We have a range of volunteering roles available to directly support our service teams who are there for the children and young people facing cancer. These are special roles and we’re looking for special people to join our team. Interested? Scroll down to see what’s available near you.
Volunteering with our services teams and with the children and young people we support is an important part of what we do. Each role is designed to blend with the service our staff team are already delivering to create the best possible impact. For these roles we do ask for a level of commitment and for you to bring certain experiences and skills – it’s important that you are the right person for the role and that the role is the right one for you. In return we’ll make sure you have a full induction and training, as well as ongoing support and reports on the impact you are making.
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At Young Lives vs Cancer, we are the charity that helps children and young people (0-25) and their families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them. One of the ways we do that is by running peer support events and we’re looking for a volunteer who can join our South West Social Care Team to organise and maintain our programme of peer support events in Plymouth.
What you’ll be doing
Meaningful and supported opportunities to meet and mix with peers who understand what you are going through and a chance to meet face to face with the Social Work team is such an important part of the service we offer. As a Peer Support Organiser you will organise and execute engaging and social peer to peer events every 6 weeks.
- You’ll be based in Plymouth. This will be from your own home for planning and organizing but you do need to be based in the Plymouth area in order to be able to manage the event.
- Researching and identifying locations where events can be held, communicating with the venue about arrangements.
- Sending out invites so writing accurate and interesting event briefings for young people attending and Social Workers attending is vital.
About you
- You’ll need to be confident in approaching conversations with new people, that includes speaking directly with service users about arrangements, and confidentially approaching venues being direct about our requirements
- You’ll have an understanding of the experience of our service users and the intuition to capture important information that may need passing onto Social Workers and TYA Clinical Nurse Specialist – during your induction and training we’ll support you with this
- You’ll have strong relationship management skills, the ability to make people you are talking to feel at ease and supported.
- This role is a great opportunity for someone interested in event management, youth work, social care or community engagement.
What you can expect
- Experience of working with and directly supporting young people with cancer in the South West
- Full training and ongoing support through out you time with us
- Opportunity to develop your event management skills
- Experience in planning and delivering peer to peer events driven by inclusivity
- Insight into the service Young Lives vs Cancer delivers and the drivers of peer support
The programme commits to running a face to face event every 6 weeks so we would ask you to commit to around 3-4 hours per week, with some additional time on the week of the event should you wish to attend.
DBS checks are required for this role
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their race, class, sex, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. At Young Lives vs Cancer, we do not just accept difference — we value it, we celebrate it, we nurture it, and we thrive off it.
We positively welcome your application irrespective of your background. We are on a journey, and if you join us, you will be part of a community that is committed make a difference to the lives of children and young people with cancer.