Volunteer Support Lead

3 weeks ago


Paignton, United Kingdom Sanctuary Support Living Full time

**Do you enjoy supporting others, and want to gain some leadership experience?**
- This may be a role for you_

Core Leader in Support

Part-Time - 4-5 hours per week

Responsibilities would include:

- Supporting our volunteer counsellors and befrienders, answering any queries, and ensuring volunteers are well and happy within their roles.
- Going out into the community as a representative for our Domestic Abuse Service supporting people whilst out in the community.
- Hosting and running drop-ins for the community, communicating with other organisations and drop-ins to create connections between other services and our service.
- Distributing resources between organisations and people within the community, as well as volunteer resources.
- Working closely with others within the organisation, as well as those in other organisations.
- Attending twice-weekly meetings.

**Strategy meetings take place on Mondays 10-11am**

**Lead meetings take place on Thursdays 10-11am**
- For this role, you would be expected to attend these meetings either in person at our Paignton office, or via Microsoft Teams._

We are looking for people who:

- Are passionate in helping people
- Are empathetic and non-judgemental
- Positive and committed to the agreed hours
- Confident in working within a team
- Have access to the internet - or would be willing to use resources within our office
- Basic computer skills
- Willingness to learn

Why Volunteer with us?

We offer an inviting, casual and friendly team that wants to work to help put more support in for people experiencing Domestic Abuse. We are passionate about creating support that is great for the people we work with, but also roles that are supportive, fun and rewarding for our volunteers.

**Job Type**: Volunteer

**Salary**: From £0.50 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Paignton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you compassionate, non-judgmental and willing to learn?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Paignton

Reference ID: Volunteer Support Lead


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