Volunteers are essential to our work. You don’t have to be a trained youth worker to help out at sessions or on trips - all we ask is that you turn up on time, are willing to play games / listen to people, and have a ‘can-do’ attitude. We will provide essential training such as Safeguarding, and can point you towards additional training if you’re interested in developing your skills further.

Volunteering with us
Get in touch if you’d like to volunteer at BYPC - phone the office on 01376 323764, or email: contact@braintreeyouth.org.uk
You can also fill in our Volunteer Application Form online.

When you apply, we’ll ask if you have a current ‘rolling’ DBS. This means we can check an existing DBS certificate against up-to-date information. If so, we will need to see a copy of the top of the certificate, including your full name, date of birth, and the certificate number.

If not, we will go through the DBS process through the organisation who manage DBS checks for us - thirtyone:eight.

Training
We run in-house safeguarding training for volunteers. You will be required to attend this training (we aim to run two per year). In addition to that, there may be opportunities to run in-house training on other topics such as First Aid or managing risk. There may be other courses which you feel would be useful to being a youthwork volunteer - if you’d like to attend one that has a cost, please speak to the Centre Manager or Youth Worker. We can fund you!

If you’re not sure where to look for courses, check out The National Youth Agency, Essex Boys and Girls Clubs, High Speed Training, Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services and Community 360.

Rotas
To ensure we have enough adults on-site for sessions, we have a rota for volunteers to help, rather than just see who turns up… This is a monthly rota, sent out about a week before the start of the next month. If you can’t do particular dates, or need to swap a session you’ve been rota’d on for, please contact the Centre Manager. This is sent out via the volunteers WhatsApp group, or by email if preferred.

Agreement
Our Volunteer Agreement is guidance as to how volunteers should be treated by the organisation, and what we expect from you. This does not constitute a contract of employment.
Volunteer Agreement