Volunteer for VoiceAbility in Edinburgh
1 week ago
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: Volunteer Position
Contract Type
Position Type: Volunteer
All applications by 11/02/2026 23:59
The Vacancy
Support Session Volunteers help our clients with general advocacy, supporting people with a variety of challenges. This helps us to support more individuals by: helping clients understand about advocacy; supporting clients to self-advocate with our tool kits; signposting clients to other services where required;1:1 casework; supporting the service to deliver "collective" advocacy; keeping detailed records of casework and promotion of services through events and community engagement.
About VoiceAbility
We've been supporting people to be heard in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing for over 40 years. We're an independent charity and one of the UK's largest providers of advocacy and involvement services.
Experience Required
Good communication skills – written and verbal. Empathy and patience when dealing with clients. A knowledge of, or interest in, advocacy. A knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel & Outlook or the ability and willingness to learn about the software. Accuracy and attention to detail.
Training Details
Volunteers receive a mixture of Instructor-Led Training on Microsoft Teams and e-learning modules to complete in their own time. Training is comprehensive and covers topics such as: introduction to VoiceAbility, what is advocacy, boundaries, confidentiality, safeguarding, how to network effectively, and more
Flexibility & Commitment
Home-Based Volunteering;Flexible
2-3 hours per week, 6 months
Location/Travel Details
We do not have an office base, so support can be delivered to clients at their homes, in the local community or remotely through the use of IT at the volunteer's home address. You will have to be able to travel throughout Edinburgh through your own means. The opportunity is open to people with disabilities, but we cannot always ensure accessible facilities since it is community and home based. Our service operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, so that is when volunteering hours are available to ensure volunteers are fully supported.
Expenses
Personal and bank details are given to our finance team so they can set up the process. An expenses form must be submitted to the volunteer coordinator for approval, who then forwards this on to the finance team to process.
Accessibility Details
- Happy to have a conversation about volunteer's needs
The Company
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
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