Volunteer Community Connector Various locations throughout Scotland

Voluntary Sector Gateway; Scotland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community organization in Scotland is seeking volunteers for the Community Connector role. You will engage with local communities to raise awareness of stroke, represent the organization at events, and share personal experiences. Training will be provided to support your role, and travel expenses will be reimbursed.

Benefits

Travel expenses reimbursed

Access to training and learning resources

Opportunity to socialize with other volunteers

Qualifications

• You are welcome to apply if you have had a stroke or in a caring role, as this experience is invaluable for this role.
• Must be able to travel independently.

Responsibilities

• Raise awareness of stroke and the Stroke Association.
• Represent the Stroke Association at events and share personal experiences.

Skills

Passionate about helping people learn more about stroke

Comfortable using technology like Zoom and Microsoft Teams

Enjoy interacting with people

Able to get out and about

Job description

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Volunteer Community Connector Various locations throughout Scotland

As a community connector, you will be making links with your local community to raise awareness of stroke and the Stroke Association. By speaking to people in your local community, you can help people understand the effects of on lives and help to improve the experience of those affected by stroke.

What you may be doing:

• You may be asked to work with staff in the local area to represent the Stroke Association at events. This could be giving a presentation or talk, hosting a stand or attending a fundraising event.
• You can share your own experience of stroke to inspire and help others.

This is the role for you if you are:

• Passionate about helping people learn more about stroke.
• Able to get out and about.
• Comfortable using technology like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
• Enjoy interacting with people.

What the role offers you personally:

• The opportunity to learn new skills.
• To meet others doing the same role to socialize and find other opportunities in the community.
• To help improve care for stroke and increase people’s knowledge about stroke.

Training for this role:

• Being a Community Connector means increasing your knowledge and awareness of stroke, it’s effects and the challenges that people face after stroke.
• You will have access to Learn, our learning management system you can take part in both e-learning and instructor led courses to support your role.
• Mandatory training includes: GDPR, basic health and safety, lone working and safeguarding.
• There are also non-mandatory training packages for you to do on other stroke related topics that you might be interested in, or that feel relevant to your role.

Experience required

• Passionate about helping people learn more about stroke.
• Able to get out and about.
• Comfortable using technology like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
• Enjoy interacting with people.
• You are welcome to apply if you have had a stroke or in a caring role, as this experience is invaluable for this role.

Must be able to travel independently.
Travel expenses will be re-imbursed.

Travel expenses

Travel expenses will be re-imbursed.

Support

Full Induction and on-going training will be provided for this role.

Restrictions

Minimum age: 18
Applicants must be aged 18 years and over

Availability

• Mon
• Tue
• Wed
• Thu
• Fri
• Sat
• Sun
• Morning
• Afternoon
• Evening

Frequency & commitment

Days and times to be agreed.

Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
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