At a glance

Skills

Advice / Advocacy

Where

Worcestershire & Herefordshire, WR1 2AQ

Mainly at the office

Travel limit? Volunteers will be matched according to where they live and how far they want to travel.

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week Time commitment depends on the cases given. Mostly this can be arranged for mutual convenience.

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To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

Helping people live independently and resolve issues such as housing, resolving complaints and benefits.

What will you be doing?

Part of the Advocacy Services that Onside provides, a Community Advocate supports vulnerable people in a variety of ways. You may help them to make a complaint about a service or situation they are unhappy with, such as a housing or benefits issue. You may help people to live independently by dealing with issues with utility providers or setting up a bank account or assisting them to access services that support with financial matters.

What are we looking for?

Good communication and interpersonal skills
Empathetic
You will have, or be willing to learn, basic computer literacy skills in order to log your contact / work on our database system.
Comfortable completing forms and applications
Organised
Three years of experience in advocacy, communicating with other organisations and presenting arguments.

What difference will you make?

To help individuals to have their voice heard and problems resolved.

Before you apply

Please apply via Reach.

CA-Volunteer-Role-Description-FINAL.docx

About Onside Advocacy

Causes

Counselling / advice

Health and well being / research and care

Housing and homelessness

Human rights

Local / community

Mental health

Older people / later life

Training / employment support

Young people

Organisation type:

Charity

Onside is a charity working across Worcestershire and Herefordshire, established in 1993 stemming from a belief that everyone has the right to be a valued human being and to be treated in a just...

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE