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Volunteer

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We have a fantastic opportunity for anyone who would like to make a real difference in our Essex Children's Service. Whether you’re a student looking to gain some experience, retired or just wanting to put your free time to good use, volunteering with HCRG Care Group could be for you! We have opportunities across, Basildon, Chelmsford, Harlow, Colchester, Southend and Thurrock. 

 

 

Main Responsibility

Volunteer Roles include: -
Peer Support / Ambassador –Working with CYP to give support and encouragement through sharing your own lived  experience (neurodiversity / CAMHS service / care system) and helping them to      develop strategies for managing their emotional wellbeing and healthy lifestyles. This could  also involve establishing and leading peer support groups for CYP or parents / carers and  raising awareness of emotional wellbeing and healthy lifestyles and promoting mental health    services to young people in the community.
Befriending - working with CYP who are experiencing isolation or loneliness. Providing a listening ear and offer emotional support, as well as encouraging young people to participate in  social activities.
Service Facilitating – Co-facilitating activities that help CYP with emotional wellbeing / healthy lifestyles. This could involve co-facilitating group interventions.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role will have

  • Good communication skills.
  • Able to show empathy, tact, and patience at all times.                                                                                                   

We are looking for volunteers that can maintain strict confidentiality and be reliable, responsible, and committed to making a positive impact in the lives of young people. All volunteers will have to complete a reference and DBS checks. 

Package Description

Join our fantastic Essex Children's Service as a Volunteer​! You will feel valued as a Volunteer:

  • Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
  • Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
  • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy. 

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