Project To Support Women In Refuge,The Homeless,Wellbeing&Community Reconnection

Go Vol Herts; Letchworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Letchworth is looking for volunteers to support women in refuge and assist with employability skills. Roles include creating a warm environment, helping with CV writing, and co-facilitating supportive sessions. A DBS check is required, and training will be provided. Ideal candidates will have good communication skills and a sensitivity to trauma. Join us to foster community resilience and support recovery.

Benefits

Training provided

Reimbursement of costs

Qualifications

• Experience in administration or employability coaching is desirable.
• Ability to maintain emotional wellbeing and support participants.
• DBS check required.

Responsibilities

• Welcome participants and create a supportive atmosphere.
• Assist with CV writing and job applications.
• Support group facilitators during activities.

Skills

Good boundaries and confidentiality awareness

Understanding of trauma dynamics

Good communication

Job description

Come Up Higher To Greater Levels is a CIC created with a heart for community people (School age children and adult 18 and over) to move beyond dormant potential to stand out on the greater level ...

Community & family Refugees & minorities Poverty reduction

Project To Support Women In Refuge,The Homeless,Wellbeing&Community Reconnection

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Community & family Refugees & minorities Poverty reduction

Project To Support Women In Refuge,The Homeless,Wellbeing&Community Reconnection

Long term role · 1—2 hrs/Week Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Supervising Outdoors Training Food banks Clearing litter Sports Events & festival First aid Youth work Reading & Writing Teaching Campaigning Social media Design Fundraising Administration Advice & Mentoring Assistance Social contact IT Data Science Website Photography & film Music Arts & crafts Creative English Electronics Marketing & Communications Lobbying Financial Trusteeship Business Development Driving Hosting Community & family Refugees & minorities Poverty reduction Suitable for under 18's Trustee opportunity

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Summary

This volunteer role focuses on helping women in refuge, post refuge experience, the homeless, abuse survivor, health promotion and community reconnection

Detailed description

Volunteer Roles & Job Descriptions

Thank you so much for visiting this volunteer opportunity page.

At Come Up Higher To Greater Levels (CUH2GL) our aim is to ensure every volunteer is well equipped, supported, and confident in their role — and that every woman we serve is treated with dignity, safety, and compassion. Please see below the different areas to volunteer in with job descriptions and kindly do well to indicate your area of interest and then send your expression of interest.

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can help to support the delivery of flexible Wellness and Self-Care Sessions for women post refuge experience or recovering from domestic abuse, helping create a calm, safe and empowering environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Welcome participants and create a warm, trauma-informed, non-judgmental atmosphere.
• Assist in preparing self-care materials, mindfulness tools, journals, refreshments, etc.
• Support group facilitators during activities focused on confidence, stress management, and emotional recovery.
• Provide one-to-one listening support (non-therapeutic).
• Help monitor attendance and wellbeing outcomes.
• Signpost participants to wellbeing, mental-health or refuge support in line with safeguarding guidelines.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Understanding of trauma, domestic abuse dynamics (training provided).
• Good boundaries and confidentiality awareness.
• DBS required (CIC provides this).

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can help with employability sessions fortnightly to support with CV writing, interview skills, digital confidence, and budgeting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist participants with CVs, job applications and basic digital skills.
• Support budgeting and financial resilience workshops.
• Help those with English as a second language understand key materials.
• Liaise with Jobcentre Plus contacts when needed.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Experience in administration, employability coaching, HR recruitment, or adult education (desirable).
• Good communication, patience and cultural sensitivity.

Purpose:

We need someone of people who can provide encouragement, share lived experience and act as positive role‑model for women on their recovery journey.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support participants during group sessions, sharing lived experience safely (optional).
• Co‑facilitate activities once trained.
• Assist new members to settle into groups.
• Help build peer‑led wellbeing groups by Month 10.
• Participate in the monthly steering group meeting.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Ideally lived experience of domestic abuse, chronic hardship or homelessness (supported, optional).
• Warm, empathetic, non-judgmental approach.
• Ability to maintain boundaries and confidentiality.
• Training and DBS provided.

4. Children & Family Support Volunteer

(For community events and sessions offering childcare support)

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can support safe, engaging childcare or family activities during wellness or employment workshops to enable mothers to participate fully.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help set up supervised play areas and age-appropriate activities.
• Support children emotionally and safely while mothers attend sessions.
• Work alongside DBS-checked staff to maintain safe ratios.
• Help families feel welcome at quarterly community gatherings and celebration events.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Experience working with children desirable but not essential.
• Patience, safeguarding awareness, ability to engage with diverse families.
• Mandatory DBS check and safeguarding training.

5. Events & Community Connection Volunteer

Purpose:

We someone or people who can support the delivery of quarterly community events aimed at reducing isolation and building reconnection.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help plan, set up, pack away and host community events in Watford, Stevenage or St Albans.
• Coordinate refreshments, games, wellbeing stations, creative activities.
• Support translation, accessibility or mobility needs.
• Assist with gathering feedback, photos (consent-only), and evaluation data.
• Work with partner organisations such as Herts Mind Network and Safer Hertfordshire Partnership.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Organised, friendly, able to work in busy environments.
• Enjoy working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• DBS required (CIC covers the cost).

6. Practical Support & Essentials Packs Volunteer

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can support monthly distribution of food, toiletries, clothing and essential items to women in refuges or temporary accommodation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organise donated items and prepare essential relief packs.
• Deliver or coordinate drop‑off points in partnership with local refuges.
• Maintain accurate records of items distributed.
• Support women with dignity and respect during collection.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Organised, discreet, friendly.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• DBS check required (provided by CIC).

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can ensure that the programme meets required national standard and Hertfordshire Domestic Abuse Strategy goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support data entry (attendance, progress tracking, wellbeing scales).
• Assist with anonymised quarterly reports, surveys, and outcome reporting.
• Help manage WhatsApp groups and communication channels (within safeguarding rules).
• Support monthly steering group admin.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Strong admin or IT skills.
• Attention to detail; understanding confidentiality.
• DBS required.

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can help to break communication barriers for ethnically diverse women, ensuring inclusive access to services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide interpretation (verbal) during sessions.
• Translate short written messages or session materials where required.
• Support women who may be new to the UK system, helping them feel safe and understood.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Respect for confidentiality and cultural sensitivity.
• DBS required.

Purpose:

We need someone or people who can act as an extra safeguarding presence during sessions, ensuring emotional and physical safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support signposting to domestic abuse services, Herts Mind Network, housing, or GP services.
• Monitor emotional wellbeing of participants and elevate concerns to staff.
• Help maintain trauma-informed, calm, predictable session environments.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Training in safeguarding, trauma‑awareness, and disclosure handling (CIC provides this).
• DBS required.

Bonus: Leadership Development Role

(10 women with lived experience + 2–3 community volunteers)

Purpose:

We need someone or people to co-design programme activities, give structured feedback, help review outcomes, and shape community‑led decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Attend monthly steering group meetings.
• Review session plans, outreach strategies, wellbeing tools and peer mentor model.
• Bring ideas from community members into planning.
• Help ensure the project remains survivor‑led and relevant.

Skills/Qualities:

• Strong desire to contribute to change in Hertfordshire.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• DBS required.

Mandatory Training for All Volunteers

• DBS check (CIC covers cost)
• Domestic abuse awareness
• Trauma-informed care
• Safeguarding adults and children
• Confidentiality and boundaries
• Data protection (GDPR)

What volunteers need

😇 Disclosure and Barring Service

What we will provide to volunteers

💸 Reimbursement of costs

Getting there

For expression of interest and for further information please email [e-mail]

Come Up Higher To Greater Levels is a CIC created with a heart for community people (School age children and adult 18 and over) to move beyond dormant potential to stand out on the greater level they are called to be. This isn’t just mentoring, it’s igniting action to wake up the sleeping giant in the community.

As an individual who has survived challenges at different stages of life through the thick and thin and now a specialist health professional and empowerment coach, the founder (Olanike Bejide) at Come Up Higher To Greater Level has been tried and tested and is on a mission to help the community.

Rebuild confidence in people

Manage stress, anxiety, and fear

Engage in Self‑care and emotional wellbeing

Create Healthy boundaries and self-worth

Rediscover identity as people created to be more

Regain voice, and taking practical steps toward a stable, hopeful future

Value goal setting and planning

Returning to education

CV and career pathway support

Money management basics

Prepare for independent living

Through;

Group discussions

Journaling activities

Testimonies and hope‑sharing

Encouragement circles

Weekly or fortnightly sessions (60–90 mins)

Small group or whole refuge

Trauma‑sensitive approach

Fund raising to support people