Are you local to Halesowen, Stourbridge, Rowley Regis, Oldbury, or surrounding areas? Are you looking for an opportunity to learn new skills and give back to your community? Join our team as a Community First Aider with Stour Valley Network! Check us out on Instagram or X (@sjastourvalley) or on Facebook (St John Ambulance West Midlands - Stour Valley Community Network) to see what our volunteers are getting up to!

At St John Ambulance, we are looking to develop our volunteering offer and become an even more integral part of our communities through delivering community first aid and education. 

We need people who have a passion for helping others, care about their communities and want to make a difference, supporting them to become safe and more resilient by sharing your first aid skills and knowledge. As a Community First Aider, you’ll deliver first aid to those in need through local events, as well as provide education to the public so that the ripple effect of First Aid grows.

Through supporting the growth of community partnerships, you will bring people along to our cause, growing our membership and fundraising base and spreading the message that First Aid Saves Lives. 

Through volunteering as a Community First Aider, you’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time. 

We will make sure you will have access to a proper induction to volunteering with SJA and the training you need for the role you take on. We will also provide you with a supportive environment while you are volunteering with us. Information about our volunteer roles are included in the role descriptions. What you can expect from SJA, and what we expect from those who volunteer with us, is included in the volunteer charter.

Network meetings will take place every other Monday evening at St John Ambulance, Manor Way, Halesowen, B62 8RW. Community First Aiders would be expected to attend the majority of these sessions in order to maintain their level of training, interact with the Network, and help to organise key Network activity. Volunteers in this role are expected to deliver at least 80 hours of community delivery a year. This can include community first aid, education, or fundraising.

Selected candidates will be invited to a selection event which will comprise of an interview, ID checks, and an introduction to the organisation. Successful candidates will then be invited to a Network meeting and inducted into the organisation. The proposed date of the selection event is Saturday 14th December (14/12/2024). Applicants should ideally be available for this date but we can facilitate other dates if required.

The training course for this date will take place on February 22nd & 23rd (22/02/2025 - 23/02/2025). All applicants should be available for both dates.

Closing date for these opportunities is: Tuesday 10th December 2024

If you’d like to know more about volunteering or would just like to chat to someone who does, get in touch. Please contact our the hiring manager Kirsty Richens, via emailing: Kirsty.Richens@sja.org.uk

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