Volunteer - Norfolk Young Carers Forum - Sessional

**Please note this is a volunteering opportunity and not a paid role**

Join us a volunteer at our Norfolk Young Carers Forum

We are looking for amazing people to help support at our young carer forum sessions, trips, and workshops. If you are fun, outgoing, supportive, have a good sense of humour and want to help enrich the lives of young carers we would love for you to join our team.

**About Caring Together**

Three in five of us will become a carer at some point in our life. Caring Together is an ambitious regional charity that provides emotional and practical support, advice and guidance to carers of all ages and their families, as well as opportunities to take a break from their caring role.

**Our people**

We employ around 150 people with approximately 50% of those delivering homecare in local communities. We are supported by a growing number of volunteers who contribute their time to our work.

**Where you will be based**

Forum session are held at the police professional development centre in Hethersett. Trips and activities are held in the school holidays in various locations.

**What you will do**
- Assist session leads at groups, workshops, trips, and activities.
- Help set up/tidy up at sessions, including preparation of lunch, making drinks and washing up.
- Support session leads in supervising young carers and ensuring they are safe at all times.
- Participate, support and encourage young carers to get involved in activities.
- Offer support where needed to young carers in a group setting.
- Work closely with staff members and be a part of a team.
- Be able to join online sessions via Zoom and have a good internet connection.
- Attend occasional day events run for the young carers.
- Be willing to travel across the county to join groups/trips.
- Ensure personal and collective respect for another person’s reasonable rights to privacy - particularly over issues about and arising from their role as a young carer.
- Work to Caring Togethers policies, procedures and codes of practice, including disciplinary, grievance procedures and safeguarding of children.

**Your commitment**
- Forum runs 6-8 weekly on a Saturday from 10am - 3pm, ideally, we would like someone who could commit to consistently attending these sessions.
- To attend regular supervision and meetings regarding the forum session, as required.
- To work alongside other relevant organisations locally as required.
- To complete online training as required for this role.

**Benefits to the volunteer**
- Gaining new skills, both practically and personally.
- The satisfaction of knowing you are making an important and valued difference to someone’s life/the work of Caring Together.
- Meeting new people and be part of a friendly team.
- Gaining valuable experience with young people in the social care field within a voluntary organisation.

**Our commitment to you**
- The opportunity to use and enhance your existing skills and develop new, transferable skills.
- Reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses.

**What we need from you**
- Enhanced DBS check.
- To complete online training as required for this role.

**Skills and experience**
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work under pressure in noisy and busy environments and cope with change
- Enthusiastic, engaging and positive personality.
- Friendly and enjoy meeting and supporting people.
- Committed, reliable and trustworthy.
- Active listening skills and the ability to solve problems as they occur.

**Get in touch**

Caring Together is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We are an equal opportunities employer and expect staff to respect the personal choice and lifestyles of colleagues, carers, and people with care needs.

**Job Type**: Volunteer

Pay: £0.01 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Work Location: In person