Volunteer Youth/Adult Practitioner - iAmMe (LGBTQ+services)

The Eikon Charity supports children and young people to overcome challenges, increase their resilience and develop into confident adults who contribute positively to their communities. Wherever a young person is on that journey and whether they’re feeling good about life or are really struggling, we’re there for them. We believe in their potential.

We work with young people directly in schools and communities across Surrey and beyond, one-to-one, in groups and clubs – and with and through partners, supporting them to deliver services that improve young people’s physical and emotional wellbeing and mental health. We work in partnership with schools, communities, health & social care and other organisations, because we believe that working together works.

Our iAmMe services:

We run our LGBTQ+ youth clubs both face to face and online. Both youth clubs are led by LGBTQ+ & trans+ youth workers and consist of a range of fun activities, games and topic led discussions in a safe environment. Our groups are open to LGBTQ+ young people across Surrey from the age of 11 to 18, or up to 25 for young people with SEND. We are also starting a families and allies group as we recognize that supporting young people also requires holistic and contextualized support that includes working with parents, guardians and allies.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

What skills do I need?

The Roles:

We are looking for volunteers to join our LGBTQ+ team and support our young people on our face-to-face youth clubs and adults in our families & allies group. The roles will require

• LGBTQ+ knowledge and experience (or parent/ally of an LGBTQ+ person); including significant awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion and how to promote these in a group setting
• Engaging with young people in face to face groups to motivate, inspire and encourage potential
• Listening to and supporting young people/adults, showing empathy and understanding, remaining non-judgmental and caring
• Supporting the youth worker within the youth club/adult group and help facilitate activities
• Take part in regular one to one and team meetings
• Assist with regularly monitoring and reviewing the services
• To establish appropriate professional boundaries in relationships with young people/adults
• To work within Eikon’s internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations
• Time commitment of 2-3 hours per fortnight