W4 - The Furniture Project Stranraer
Investment project code: 251
Job Title - Support Worker
Amount Requested = £12,671.27
The new post of Support Worker will focus their time recruiting and working with volunteers who require additional levels of support, so they can play a part in community life and share their skills and expertise with the Community Reus Shop, so in turn we can benefit the community. The Support Worker will work with local organisations and agencies to recruit volunteers and work with them to maximise their experience during the time with us.
The Volunteer may work in our showroom, warehouse, office, workshop or van. Or possibly on one or more of our projects, such as Scottish Week, Active Travel, Christmas Hampers or Free School Uniforms. So they can learn skills in specific areas that may aid them to gain employment or enter further education. Similarly other volunteers may have a wealth of skills that they can share with us to benefit the community, just needing some encouragement and support to participate.
Some of the benefits to our Support Worker working with volunteers may include;
• Developing Skill sets
• Improving access to employment and training
• Reducing health conditions
• Establishing new friendship groups
• Peer mentoring
• Having access to affordable homeware
• Sign posting to additional services
Collective these support our volunteers to help to alleviate the effectives of poverty, so enabling volunteers to make steps forward to combat poverty
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