Come join our team working to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Ranked 2023 Q3 by Best Companies as the 6th best charity to work for in the UK, Medaille Trust is one of the UK's leading charities in the fight against modern slavery. Our innovative model is based on three principles: Prevent, Protect and Pursue. We are one of the UK's largest providers of survivor services, with ten safehouses and six outreach hubs, staffed round the clock by specialist staff, working with more than 600 men, women and dependent children each year.
We work to raise awareness in the UK and to provide preventive work in source countries. Our Pursue work helps survivors to engage with police and within the legal system to seek justice and to secure convictions against their perpetrators.
Medaille Trust is one of the leading providers of support to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK. We are working to provide refuge and freedom for survivors and fighting to see slavery in all its forms become a thing of the past. The need for this work has never been higher, there are more than 50 million estimated victims of modern slavery worldwide, and over 120,000 potential victims in the UK.
We operate ten safe houses and five outreach hubs, staffed round the clock by specialist staff, working with more than 600 men, women and dependent children each year. We work to raise awareness in the UK and to provide preventive work in source countries. Our Pursue work helps survivors to engage with police and within the legal system to seek justice and to secure convictions against their perpetrators.
This role is based in the Wiltshire area.
We are looking for Volunteer Workshop hosts to help support us in our drop in and uplifting group session activities. Tasks will include:
•Welcoming visitors and service users to the hub, helping them sign in, directing them to the hub space, helping service users to engage within a group setting and with any activity sessions that takes place on or off the premises.
•Helping to create a varied programme of activities.
•Offering a safe and comfortable experience for all service users, showing awareness of service users varying physical and mental well-being needs.
•Providing feedback to the Local Coordinator, reporting any observations or concerns in a timely manner.
Our volunteers come from all walks of life and have a wide range of experience and motivations for wanting to volunteer with us. Whatever your reason for deciding to volunteer, we want to make sure you enjoy your time with us and know just how much we value your support.
This role requires maturity, and an ability to engage with adults in a trauma informed way, while working alongside staff members to deliver the activities in line with agreed procedures and systems
Volunteers need to:
•Be at least 18 years old
•Be able to get to the group session which is in Swindon Town Centre
•Have experience of arts and crafts
•Be happy to support or lead sessions
•Be computer literate and have a good standard of spoken and written English
•Be able to regularly commit on a fortnightly basis
•Be willing to have an enhanced DBS check
•Have an understanding of the importance of professional boundaries in the role
Interested? For full details and how to apply please visit: https://www.medaille-trust.org.uk/take-action/volunteering
If you have any queries, please contact volunteering@medaille-trust.org.uk
This role is restricted for females under the Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service checks.
To apply please complete an application form and email it to volunteering@medaille-trust.org.uk
Come join our team working to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Come join our team working to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Come join our team working to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
