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BTCV: Office Volunteer Opportunity ID: 45
Level of commitment: Flexible
Length of Opportunity: Ongoing
Time Restrictions: None
Location of Volunteering: Apple Loft, Kiplin Hall, Scorton, Richmond
What you will be doing:
Helping with planning and organisation in the office
Skills, Experience, Attributes Required:
Computer skills
Additional Training Offered
Full induction to workplace and health and safety
Information and administration assistants Opportunity ID: 62
Level of commitment: Flexible
Length of Opportunity: Ongoing
Time Restrictions: Unknown
Location of Volunteering: 24 Swinegate, York
What you will be doing:
Sourcing information, sending correspondence and fielding enquiries
Skills, Experience, Attributes Required:
Customer focus and enthusiasm
Additional Skills and Development acquired:
Customer care, listening skills and service knowledge
Tuke Centre: Office Volunteer Opportunity ID: 41
Level of commitment: Flexible
Length of Opportunity: Flexible
Time Restrictions: No weekend opportunities available
Location of Volunteering: 28 Green Dykes Lane
What you will be doing:
General office work, research opportunities
Skills, Experience, Attributes Required:
Confidentiality, computer literacy, telephone skills
Restrictions:
CRB check
Requirements before volunteering:
CRB check
What expenses are covered:
Refreshments provided but in general only expenses necessarily incurred would be covered
Volunteer Receptionist: Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) Opportunity ID: 16
Level of commitment: Approximately 3 hours per week
Length of Opportunity: Unlimited
Time Restrictions: Mon & Tues 9:30am-3:30pm;
Weds 4:30pm-7pm;
Thur 9:30am-11:30am;
Fri 9:30am-3:30pm
Location of Volunteering: York CAB
What you will be doing:
Meeting and Greeting Bureau clients; Booking appointments for clients using electronic and paper based systems.
Skills, Experience, Attributes Required:
Able to work with people / manage busy waiting room
Additional Training Offered:
On the job training provided
What expenses are covered:
Travel, Caring Costs
Evening Receptionist: York Family Mediation Service Opportunity ID: 37
Level of commitment: one evening per week (3 hours maximum)
Length of Opportunity: Unlimited
Time Restrictions: Between 6pm and 9pm Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday
Location of Volunteering: The Old Coach House, Grange Garth (Off Fishergate), York
What you will be doing:
Being in the office whilst mediation appointments are taking place. Greeting clients when they arrive, showing them where to wait (and keeping clients separate as appropriate), making drinks for them. Undertaking photocopying jobs as and when required. Supporting the mediators generally. It is a good opportunity for people to find out what mediation is all about.
Skills, Experience, Attributes Required:
Friendly, approachable, calm. Interest in people. Understanding. An awareness of and adherence to our Confidentiality policy. Able to bring something to do as much of the time is just being in the office without set tasks.
Additional Skills and Development acquired:
working with people in dispute and therefore in great distress. Often very emotional situations. Volunteer will not be present in the room whilst mediation is going on, but there may be opportunities to observe occasionally if the volunteer wants to.
Requirements before volunteering:
A reference will be required.
Additional Training Offered:
training will be given on an informal basis by the Service Manager, who will keep in regular contact with the volunteer. She will inform volunteer when they are needed, as there are not always appointment every week
What expenses are covered:
Travel and parking - a small donation will be given each evening depending on length of time spent
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