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Role Detail

Helping Volunteer

The Listening Place

The Listening Place is a volunteer-led charity aiming to transform how we support people who feel suicidal. Helping Volunteers are responsible for welcoming visitors onto our premises, providing a warm and welcoming atmosphere (along with a cup of tea), and supporting our Listening Volunteers to help everything run smoothly on the shift. We ask for a weekly commitment of four hours for a period of at least six months.

Detailed Description

The Listening Place is a volunteer-led charity aiming to transform how we support people who feel suicidal. Our trained volunteers are part of a team delivering face-to-face, confidential, ongoing support to thousands of people each year. They help create the warm and welcoming environment that encourages people struggling with suicidal thoughts and feelings to talk openly without being judged or given advice. Helping Volunteers are responsible for welcoming visitors onto our premises, providing a warm and welcoming atmosphere (along with a cup of tea), and supporting our Listening Volunteers to help everything run smoothly on the shift. We are primarily recruiting Helping Volunteers for our new site near Liverpool Street. We also have limited vacancies available at our other sites in Hammersmith, Pimlico and Kings Cross.

Activities you will be doing

Administration,Support Work,General & Helping

What skills are required for this role

N/A

Why these skills are required

We are looking for volunteers who have the empathy to greet distressed visitors, the willingness to undertake a variety of admin and other tasks and the resilience to support their team. Our Helping Volunteers need to be proactive, self-starters and team players with a basic understanding of IT.

What is in it for you

Volunteering at The Listening Place can be incredibly rewarding – you will be supporting people who feel life is no longer worth living. Full training is provided and on-going training and support is available.

Time Commitment

We ask for a weekly commitment of four hours for a period of at least six months. We are open from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 9pm.

E1 7LB

1-3 Cobb Street, London

We are a 5-minute walk from Liverpool Street Station.

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Application Process
Support you will receive
Role Type
Suitable For
18 and over
We Welcome
We are committed to welcoming people from all backgrounds and communities, and to creating inclusive teams.
Location
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