BECOME PART OF THE STORY
Become a volunteer
You can make a difference and volunteer for one of our life changing projects.
We have a variety of volunteering opportunities in each of our services:
Our Outreach teams go out twice a week in the evenings supporting women engaged in sex work in Stockton and Middlesbrough with a chat, a cup of tea and help and advice on keeping safe and accessing support.
Our Youth team run sessions in schools around relationships and personal safety.
We hope to start running Youth Outreach sessions in the community shortly and will need volunteers to support this.
What we expect from volunteers.
A Way Out’s successes are due to great teamwork. This includes our dedicated volunteers. Volunteering with A Way Out can be an extremely rewarding and also a challenging experience.
Role and Responsibilities of volunteers
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To be a reliable and consistent team member.
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To reliably fulfil agreed rota commitments – A Way Out relies critically upon the support of volunteers to deliver the services.
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To communicate in a timely fashion with the volunteer team.
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To attend and contribute to staff/volunteer briefings and de-briefings at the beginning and end of each session.
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To complete any required service/client monitoring paperwork.
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To adhere strictly to A Way Out policies and procedures.
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To attend periodical volunteer update briefings where possible and read and understand volunteer updates and briefings communicated by email.
Attitudes & Professional Conduct
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Show love, understanding and compassion at all times.
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Work within the boundaries set by A Way Out to keep clients, volunteers and staff safe.
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Always treat clients with respect and with a non-judgmental attitude.
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Team members must not use illegal drugs at any time, even outside of work.
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Adhere to the Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Professional Boundaries Policies.
Abilities
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Be able to remain calm in difficult situations.
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Be able to communicate with women and young people effectively.
Compete our volunteer interest for and a member of our team will get back to you.
For our Volunteers Privacy Notices please see below: