Community Engagement Volunteer

‍Key task might include: 

Volunteers can choose to be involved in some or all of the following:

• Helping plan and deliver projects 
• Helping us to plan and refresh our documents and other resources
• Getting involved in volunteer engagement activities
• Promote events and projects that we are planning, to local people
• Encourage and support local people to speak out about their experiences of health and social care services
• Help the staff team to gather views from local people by a variety of ways, including running focus groups, surveys and meetings
• Be our 'eyes and ears' by bringing ideas and concerns from local people to our attention
• Help to signpost people to information about health and social care services
• Help with in analysing and interpreting information

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Skills that might suit this role are: 

• An understanding and interest in health and social care services
• An interest in improving health and social care services
• A good understanding of confidentiality 
• Able to travel for meetings or be comfortable communicating by email and volunteering from home
• Some experience of the use of questionnaires or other methods would be helpful

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What support will you be given?

• A full induction and training
• On-going support from Healthwatch Derbyshire 
• Regular updates from Healthwatch Derbyshire
• Regular volunteer meetings
• Opportunities to become involved in other things we may be doing

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What are the benefits of being a Community Engagement Volunteer?

• Increase your confidence and develop new skills
• Free training
• Opportunities to become involved in other projects
• Knowing that your skills and experience are helping to improve health and social care services
• References to add to your CV
• Being part of a team of volunteers and meeting new people
• Being part of an organisation that is championing the rights of local people

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