Network Youth Services Lead

Sja's West; United Kingdom; In loco; Part-time

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Sja's West is looking for dedicated Youth Helpers to support our Youth Leaders in the St John Ambulance Badger Setts and Cadet Units. This role focuses on helping young people develop skills such as confidence and teamwork, while also assisting adult volunteers.

We expect volunteers to attend training sessions and network meetings, and we provide all necessary training and support for volunteers. By joining us, you'll contribute to essential community services, gain valuable experience, and help shape the future generation of health citizens.

Competenze

• Passionate about making a difference in the community.
• Ability to support and develop young people.
• Willingness to lead and inspire teams.

Mansioni

• Support Youth Leaders in delivering sessions.
• Encourage young people's learning and development.
• Supervise and support adult volunteers.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

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Youth Helper work directly with young people in St John Ambulance Badger Setts and Cadet Units. By supporting our Youth Leaders to deliver a sessions across our range of programmes. In this role, you'll support the learning and development of young people into the next generation of health citizens. Youth Helpers also help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be, as well as supervise and support other adult volunteers in their team.

At St John Ambulance, we are looking to embed ourselves within our communities, delivering support which is tailored to the needs of those communities whilst providing a positive experience for our Volunteers. We need leaders who are passionate about making a difference in their communities, who care about helping and developing others, who will lead and inspire a volunteer movement across a geographical area to deliver Community First Aid, Community Education and Community Fundraising as well as develop our offering for young people.

Through leading a team of Volunteer leaders, you will drive excellence in delivery, develop an inclusive and diverse volunteering experience for new and current volunteers, and help navigate through change to build a bigger and better St John Ambulance. As a member of our network leadership team, you’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride through supporting a team and our volunteers to deliver our essential services. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation. We will make sure you will have access to a proper induction to volunteering with SJA and the training you need for the role you take on. We will also provide you with a supportive environment while you are volunteering with us. Information about our volunteer roles are included in the role descriptions.

What you can expect from SJA, and what we expect from those who volunteer with us, is included in the volunteer charter. Volunteers would be expected to attend training for the role both online and in person, and to attend regular network weekly meetings to enable them to keep their skills up to date. Training is included in the role for responsibilities; the selected candidate is expected to attend all relevant meetings If you are successful, you will need to undertake relevant training for the role, details of which will be discussed after you have been appointed.

You’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service.It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time.

Pursuing the role

If you are successful in selection, an interview will need to take place, and you will need to undertake induction & training for role at these dates:

• Training for role - If you are successful, you will need to undertake relevant training for the role, details of which will be discussed after you have been appointed. Details of course including dates, time & venue tbc.

If you’d like to know more about volunteering or would just like to chat to someone who does, get in touch. Please contact our the hiring manager, David Dalton, via emailing: [e-mail]

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