|
Volunteer role: Local ‘Join the Search’ Volunteer –Yorkshire
Team: Local Areas Team
Location: Community based activities in Yorkshire and working from home.
Time commitment:
The specific nature of your role will affect the hours worked. These will be different for each volunteer. It may be that you volunteer 10 hours over a weekend once every couple of months or more regularly give 4 hours a week. However we do expect commitment of a minimum of 1 year.
Purpose:
To recruit ‘Search Partners’ in your area (organisations who display posters of people missing in their area) and to raise awareness of Missing People’s services.
Dependent on your skills and experience duties may include:
- Visiting local organisations and businesses and encouraging them to become Search Partners. A Search Partner will display a poster of a person missing in their area, encouraging the public to call our sightings helpline if they have any information regarding the missing person’s whereabouts. A Search Partner can be any organisation that has space to display a poster and might include libraries, shops, cafes and local high-street businesses.
- Recruiting new Search Partners over the phone
- Presenting to various community groups, including schools and churches, about Missing People to inspire them about our work with vulnerable missing persons and their families
- Supporting Missing People’s work at our own and partners’ events
- Supporting your Local Coordinator as requested to help increase support for Missing People
Skills and experience:
To have or be able to demonstrate potential for:
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- A personable and friendly character
- Competence using computers, Microsoft Office, internet, e-mail. Access to your own computer would be desirable but not essential.
- Be passionate about supporting missing people and their families
Training:
All necessary training will be provided by your Local Coordinator and we will arrange a date with you post interview.
Support:
You will be supported in your role by your Local Coordinator, who will discuss with you how we can best support you when you begin in the role.
Next steps:
Why volunteer for Missing People?
- You will meet lots of friendly people who, like you, have a passion for our work.
- You will gain valuable experience and new skills to add to your CV
- We provide out-of-pocket travel expenses of up to £10 a day
- We insist on equal opportunities and fair treatment for all people applying to be volunteers
Further information:
Email: Martin Crosby
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tel: 07528 386983
Address: Martin Crosby c/o Missing People, Roebuck House, 284 Upper Richmond Road West, London SW14 7JE
What our volunteers and interns say:
“When I put my head on the pillow at night, I know that through our efforts,
through what I contributed today, someone’s child sleeps more safely and peacefully tonight.
My life and theirs are enriched by the experience of being a volunteer at Missing People.”
“I learnt so many new skills, which helped me get a job.”
“Volunteering opened up a whole new world, and helped me decide on my career.”
“Everyone made me feel so welcome and I really felt my work was helping. Thanks for putting trust in me.”
|
About us 
Local Volunteer application form - Yorkshire 2012 (