Support Services Volunteers

We are excited to introduce a new volunteer service for our guests attending our community meals and Food Bank. We want to play our part in the eradication of food poverty by having trained support volunteers on hand to assist guests with accessing services to address their hardship issues. As part of the Community Meal/Food Bank team(s) you'll be having 1:1 discussions with the guests to help them discover and seek support from statutory services and other organisations.

About the organisation 

We’re a Church for the people of Portsmouth and beyond. We want to play our part in the evangelisation of the nation, the revitalisation of the church, and the transformation of society. Come and get involved – You Belong Here!

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Skills

• Passion for people
• Knowledge of local hardship support services available (training will be provided)
• Approachable and able to rapidly build rapport with people
• Confident in 1:1 discussions
• Awareness of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (training will be provided)
• Good IT skills (e.g. on-line searching, completing on-line forms, use of MS suite, emails etc)
• Good numeracy and literacy skills