Youth Helper

Are you passionate about helping young people develop their confidence, leadership and teamwork skills?

Are you interested in working with young people in your local community?

Would you like to support young people to become active health citizens by helping to deliver an engaging, fun and informative youth programme? Then join our youth team today!

Youth Team Volunteers work with young people from a wide breadth of backgrounds, ensuring they really feel part of the St. John family. Volunteers will help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be.

We have Youth Helpers and Youth Leaders. You’ll join as a Youth Helper, and have the opportunity to become a Youth Leader (if you’d like) through additional training and experience. This comes with more responsibility for running the unit and supporting our fabulous young people.

What you would be involved in (responsibilities):

• Planning and delivering sessions to young people aged 7-10 or 11-18 on topics like first aid.
• After becoming experienced in the role, some youth team volunteers might take on additional responsibilities such as encouraging and organising for young people to go on events.
• Supporting the delivery of games, activities, and sessions during Unit meetings as part of our youth programme.
• Co-ordinating with colleagues in your team to ensure all young people are happy, safe, and supervised, with at least one fully trained Youth Leader present at all times.
• Empowering young people, creating an inclusive environment and encouraging participation from young people.
• Supporting the Unit Manager as appropriate with tasks specific to youth provision which may include administration, collecting/creating resources, paperwork, etc.

What skills do I need?

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of people
• Ability to motivate, inspire and support others
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of people
• Strong listening, compassion, and empathy skills
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Enthusiasm for the work of St John Ambulance and ability to model our values
• Leadership and people management skills
• Ability to work proactively and on own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to volunteer flexibly and across geographically dispersed locations
• Ability to work well with children and teenagers.