Are you passionate about being involved in the support and growth of young people?
Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.
We are looking for Youth Advice Centre Food Market/Reception volunteers with an interest in supporting young people (aged 13-25), through providing information and signposting to services.
YMCA Youth Advice Centre (YAC) Brighton offers advice, support and guidance to young people in Brighton and Hove. The YAC team are able to offer expertise on a wide range of topics. Our aim is to provide young people in the local area with a safe and friendly environment where they can access helpful advice and support. We offer a Family Support & Mediation Service and a Support & Advice Service providing sexual health advice and services, emotional and wellbeing support and benefits and money advice.
We are looking for volunteers who would like experience in a friendly support service for young people. This will involve working at the Youth Advice Centre (YAC) to welcoming young people at reception, keep monitoring systems up to date, answering YAC’s main phone line and developing our social media presence.
Key to this role, is supporting our youth-led Food Market project, supporting young people accessing the food market and completing registration forms, taking payments, and supporting the smooth running of the Food Market Tuesday to Thursday between 3-6 pm.
We ask for a commitment of a minimum of 3 hours a week for a 6 month period.
If you would like any further information or would like to talk to someone about this about volunteer role, please email us [email protected]
You can also visit the YAC at 11 St George’s Place, Brighton, BN1 4GB or call us on 01273 624432
How to Apply
Download the application form HERE
Download Volunteer Food Market/Receptionist role profile HERE
An inclusive workplace – We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment. We encourage applications from people from all sections of the communities that we serve. We particularly welcome applications from People of Colour and minoritised white communities, people who are LGBTQU+, and people with disabilities and neurodiversities because these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Accessibility – If you require assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact us. If you are local to our Head Office in Hove, we can provide you with a paper copy of the job advert and application form. If you are not local, we can post these to your preferred address. If you require these documents in another format, please let us know.
YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including the Children’s barred list and the Adults’ barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
