Volunteer Referral Order Facilitator / Community Panel Member
Hosted by: NCC
Opportunity Description: We run restorative youth referral order panels for both Nottinghamshire County and Derby City Councils. Part of this is having 2 volunteers from the community to facilitate the order.
This involves an initial panel to help the young person and family identify needs and strategies for help and support in moving forwards, review panels every 12 weeks and a final panel to congratulate the young person and look at their journey.
Panels usually last around an hour and they are all co-ordinated to your availability and preferred locations. Some are online and some in person – again we tailor to your preferences.
We are currently recruiting new volunteers in this area.
If you would like to go ahead, please could you complete the attached New Volunteer Form and return this to me. I also enclose our GDPR leaflet and a leaflet which is given to a young person when they get a referral order, the middle section gives a little overview of the volunteer panel. Your role would be a facilitator and we will give you all the training and support required for you to be successful in this role.
This involves an initial panel to help the young person and family identify needs and strategies for help and support in moving forwards, review panels every 12 weeks and a final panel to congratulate the young person and look at their journey.
Panels usually last around an hour and they are all co-ordinated to your availability and preferred locations. Some are online and some in person – again we tailor to your preferences.
We are currently recruiting new volunteers in this area.
If you would like to go ahead, please could you complete the attached New Volunteer Form and return this to me. I also enclose our GDPR leaflet and a leaflet which is given to a young person when they get a referral order, the middle section gives a little overview of the volunteer panel. Your role would be a facilitator and we will give you all the training and support required for you to be successful in this role.
Type of Activity: Counselling, Mentoring & Coaching, Community Work, Employee & Group Volunteering, Teaching & Training, Youth Work
Areas of Interest: Crisis Support, Families, Justice, Mentoring, Victim Support, Youth
Skills: Creative, Practical, Leadership, Technology, Academic, Interpersonal
Who we are looking for: What we need:
People who can listen to others
People who want to help other people
People who are motivated to make a positive change in people’s lives
People who want to use the skills they already have, and build on them
People who want to help us develop the service and raise its profile
What we can offer you:
Huge degree of satisfaction. You will be helping people
Training to enhance your CV
All out of pocket expenses
The opportunity to work within a passionate and committed team
Further training
People who can listen to others
People who want to help other people
People who are motivated to make a positive change in people’s lives
People who want to use the skills they already have, and build on them
People who want to help us develop the service and raise its profile
What we can offer you:
Huge degree of satisfaction. You will be helping people
Training to enhance your CV
All out of pocket expenses
The opportunity to work within a passionate and committed team
Further training
Requirements: Will require a Criminal Record Check (DBS)
Suitable for:
Practical considerations:
Recruitment method: Application Form, Informal Discussion
Disabled Access details: Yes
Expenses details: Yes
Any Age/Gender restrictions: Over 18
Support for volunteers with additional needs: Yes
Induction Arrangments: Training consists of 4 sessions of training - all of which must be completed to move on to shadowing.
2 Saturday in person sessions - Session 1 and 4
and
2 online training sessions in an evening - Session 2 and 3 (the opportunity to view these as a recording is available)
Shadowing and buddying with a trained panel member to gain experience before going live.
2 Saturday in person sessions - Session 1 and 4
and
2 online training sessions in an evening - Session 2 and 3 (the opportunity to view these as a recording is available)
Shadowing and buddying with a trained panel member to gain experience before going live.
Insurance Cover: Will need to check own vehicle insurance covers volunteering work
Training: Ongoing bi-monthly training via teams with different guest speaker from the youth justice arena (sessions can be recorded and sent to watch at a later date) We would expect commitment to keep up to date with the changing arena and to ongoing training with us which is all free of charge.
Any Other Arrangements: Can offer experience and lead to work for those looking to join the service.
This is a positive opportunity to make a difference in the area in which you live.
This is a positive opportunity to make a difference in the area in which you live.