Volunteer - Young Carers

We are looking for amazing people to help support at our young carer groups, trips, and workshops. If you are fun, outgoing, supportive, have a good sense of humour and want to help enrich the lives of young carers we would love for you to join our team.

Where you will be based

The groups are based in Huntingdon, St Ives and Peterborough. Trips and activities are held in the school holidays in various locations.

What you will do

• Assist session leads at groups, workshops, trips, and activities.


• Help set up/tidy up at groups.


• Support session leads in supervising young carers and ensuring they are safe at all times.


• Participate, support and encourage young carers to get involved in activities.


• Offer support to young carers in a group setting.


• Work closely with staff members and be a part of a team.


• Be able to join online sessions via Zoom and have a good internet connection.


• Attend occasional day events run for the young carers.


• Be willing to travel across the county to join groups/trips.


• Ensure personal and collective respect for another person's reasonable rights to privacy - particularly over issues about and arising from their role as a young carer.


• Work to Caring Togethers policies, procedures and codes of practice, including disciplinary, grievance procedures and safeguarding of children.


Your commitment

• To attend regular supervision and meetings regarding the young carers groups, as required.


• To work alongside other young carers organisations locally and other Carers Trust young carers projects, as required.


Benefits to the volunteer

• Gaining new skills, both practically and personally.


• The satisfaction of knowing you are making an important and valued difference to someone's life/the work of Caring Together.


• Meeting new people and be part of a friendly team.


• Gaining valuable experience in the social care field within a voluntary organisation.


Our commitment to you

• The opportunity to use and enhance your existing skills and develop new, transferable skills.


• Reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses.


What we need from you

• Enhanced DBS check (cost covered by Caring Together).
  
  Good communication skills.


• Enthusiastic.


• Friendly and enjoy meeting and supporting people.


• Committed, reliable and trustworthy.
  
  About Caring Together


At Caring Together our vision is a world with no unpaid carer in crisis, isolated or struggling alone.

We are passionate about helping people get the practical support and advice that really makes a difference to them - before, during and after their caring role.

An unpaid carer is anyone, including children and adults, who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, and would find it hard to cope without their support.

We are proud to support more than 17,000 carers and their families every year, but there are more than 150,000 carers living in our region. And this number is rising.

We need your help to make sure unpaid carers in our local communities receive the practical and emotional support that they need.