Volunteering Opportunity: Listening Volunteer with Samaritans - Herts & Essex (Ware)
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Listening Volunteers needed. Full training given, no experience or qualification required. Especially looking for those that can cover our most needed time - night time - our “Night Owls”Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment
District: Broxbourne, East Herts, Harlow, Welwyn/Hatfield
Location: From your office
Time of day: To Be Discussed
Practical Considerations: No
Requirements: Will require a criminal record check (DBS)
Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, University students, Older People, People with a visual impairment, People with restricted mobility, Rehabilitation friendly
Suitable for volunteers interested in: Crisis Support, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health
Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: Yes
Full Description:
Listening volunteers are fully trained to listen to our callers 24/7 free of charge, without judgement, without giving advice and in confidence. The commitment we ask for is one shift per week (between 2.5-4 hours) which would include on night shift per week (4 hours) We are flexible with the commitment we seek as we really need "Night Owls".