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Free for at least one day a week?
If you:
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Enjoy helping people
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Have at least one day a week free
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Work well as part of a team
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Have a commitment to equal opportunities
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Have an understanding of the need for quality advice
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Wish to provide practical support to other people, making a positive
difference
Then you might be interested in becoming a CAB volunteer advice worker.
Age doesn't matter. We are keen recruit people from all age groups,
whether recently left college or time to spare following retirement. Maybe
you are unemployed, or want to return to work now the children are at
school: CAB experience can lead to paid employment. No formal
qualifications are required either - we will train you.
The Process
Becoming a volunteer advice worker means making a commitment of both time
and energy. Dependent on many external factors, whilst in training a new
volunteer would have to set aside between 8 and 10 hours a week for
working through modules. Some of these modules are external and you will
meet trainee advisers from other bureaux there. You will also observe interviews with clients (with their permission) and towards the end of the
training programme will undertake at least one supervised interview with
your guidance tutor. This will be the terrifying moment when you step into
the waiting room and say, "Who's next please?". But take comfort - all CAB
advice staff have had to do this.
Once you have successfully completed the training course you take your
place on the advice rota. There is a two-month probationary period after
which you will have review with the manager and your guidance tutor. If
all is well (for both parties) then you become a fully fledged CAB
adviser.
Unfortunately it costs a lot of money to train a new volunteer and, to
make this a worthwhile commitment for both new advisers and us, we require
people to commit to volunteer eight hours a week for at least a year.
Eight hours is equivalent to two advice sessions a week. You are of course
entitled to a holiday.
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