Volunteer - (South West )

4 days ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Seetec Full time

Job Role

Join us as a Volunteer Mentor at Interventions Alliance and play a key supporting role to the participants we work with (predominantly men over the age of 18 years). You will offer personalised, one-to-one support to help improve participants' lives, equipping them with the skills they need progress in life and avoid being trapped in a cycle of criminality.

Our main focus is to grant access to Accommodation and Housing. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless of their past choices or the challenges they currently face.

Our ideal candidate will have lived experience of the Criminal Justice System and is now wishing to give back to the community. You must however hit an eligibility criteria e.g. 6 months substance abuse free, complying with your order and taking responsibility of your offending behaviour.

If you don't have this experience, don't worry We encourage volunteers from all walks of life to reflect the community we serve. You just need to be over the age of 18. We need your excellent communication skills and empathetic ability to create and maintain effective relationships with our participants. We need you be a positive role model and inspire, empower and guide our participants to achieve their full potential.

In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we offer an amazing training programme to prepare you for the role. This comprises of both online and classroom training on the following subjects:

Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Safeguarding children
Mental health awareness
Substance misuse
Plus more…

Location: South West

Communities and Education Division has achieved the Investing in Volunteers UK Quality Award (IiV) the UK's quality standard for excellence in volunteer management as the justice and social care division of the Seetec Group. The prestigious accolade recognises the management, support and professionalism of the systems and structures that assist volunteers across a particular organisation.

Key Responsibilities

As part of a Volunteer Mentors role, your key responsibilities will be to: 

Spend time with the participant assisting in agreed activities, for example:

• Providing practical and emotional support

• Encourage engagement with appointments

• Support filling in forms 

• Helping participants access resources to enable them to achieve their goals

• Assist with public protection by reporting any issues related to the participant behaviour

• Engage in regular supervision sessions with the volunteer coordinator

• Complete feedback notes after each support session within 48 hours. Safeguarding to be reported immediately.

• Actively promote Seetec's values within the work conducted with participants

• Lone working – use the lone working system to adhere to safety procedures

• Volunteer in a non-discriminatory manner and promote diversity & equality. Maintain professional boundaries

• Attend team meetings and participate in ongoing training activities

• Encourage participants compliance with probation appointments and licence conditions

Skills and Experience

Ability to listen effectively and communicate with others Ability to keep commitments and/or appointments Ability to use own initiative to identify and access relevant resources Share information appropriately within boundaries of confidentiality Capacity to understand and volunteer within necessary guidance to ensure both yourself and the participant understand your professional relationship. Ability to demonstrate positive behaviour providing a good role model to participants through pro-social modelling Be non-judgmental, open minded and self-aware Knowledge of basic IT skills Ability to encourage and allow people to make their own choices and decisions

Additional Information

Communities and Education Division is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts, including as CFO Activity Hubs, Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Approved Premises. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless their past choices or the challenges they face. 

We are committed to combining our knowledge, skills and talents across the justice and social care sectors to deliver services and interventions that overcome the barriers that hold people back from living more fulfilled lives. Ultimately, our aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills needed to desist from offending, successfully reintegrate into to their local communities and address barriers to work.

Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.

You will be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in anyway. Our full policy statement of "Ex-Offenders" can be found on our website under" About us"

Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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