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Include Me
- VO98714
Include Me Development Workers recruit, train, match and support local volunteers to become Citizen Advocates for adults aged 16-65 living in North East Fife who are vulnerable, isolated and at risk of being excluded from their communities.
Citizen Advocates can support their Advocacy Partners by:
-Helping them make informed choices?
-Helping them access services they are entitled to?
-Assisting them to voice their opinions and wishes?
-Helping them connect with their local community?
-Spending time with them doing things they both enjoy.
Advocacy partnerships are self-determining meaning Advocate and Partner decide how to develop the relationship and achieve any mutually agreed goals and outcomes.
This is a flexible opportunity as the Citizen Advocate and Advocacy Partner decide together on a mutually suitable time, day, frequency and place of meeting.
Experience required
Volunteers do not need to have any professional knowledge or experience to become someone's citizen advocate.
You do need to be reliable, non-judgemental, a good listener, have compassion and patience, a strong sense of fairness and a belief in social inclusion. You need to be prepared to speak out for your advocacy partner and safeguard their interests. You should also agree that everyone has the right to be respected, valued and have equality of opportunity.
Travel details
Include Me matches advocacy partnerships within the North East Fife area. We try to match Advocates and Partners local to each other to minimise travel.
Travel expenses
Expenses are available to cover any social activities, trips and visits for both volunteer and advocacy partne
Support
Training details
Before being matched with an advocacy partner, volunteers are provided with 1:1 training with a Development Worker and group training with other new volunteers. These sessions may be delivered in person or via a digital platform. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to meet with a Citizen Advocate to find out more about the role.
Once a volunteer is matched with an advocacy partner their designated Development Worker will carry out a training needs analysis with them to identify and access further training if appropriate.
Volunteers will be supported and offered training, if necessary, to use online meeting platforms such as Teams.
Volunteers will be made aware of, and supported to access, training opportunities as they arise.
Volunteers are provided with ongoing support from their designated worker including quarterly review meetings.
Restrictions
Minimum age: 16
Availability
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Morning
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Evening
Frequency & commitment
Citizen Advocacy partnerships are long-term relationships without a fixed term.
Volunteers (aged 16-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
Find out more
Please fill out this form to register your interest in the opportunity Citizen Advocate (North East Fife Area) with Include Me
Your email address and phone number will only be used by the organisation/TSI you are contacting to discuss in more detail the opportunity you are enquiring about.
Your message will be sent to the organisation that supports volunteering in Fife:
Contact name: Nicci McDougall
Email address: nicci@fva.org
Phone: 01333 433 660
Thank you for registering your interest in Citizen Advocate (North East Fife Area) with Include Me.
Include Me has been sent your details and message, they will respond to you at the email address you provided.
Something has gone wrong, please let us know about this issue at milosupport@scvo.scot quoting reference #VO98714.