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Reference: 56562

Date Added: 1 July 2016
Closing Date: 31 July 2016

Job Title: Helpline Volunteers

Working For: Rape Crisis South London

Location: London

Charity Number: 1085104

Salary: None (3 hours a week)

Length of Contract:

Job Details

Do you have good interpersonal skills or experience in a caring profession, and feel able to take calls from distressed people? If so we would like to hear from you.

The Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre are currently recruiting female volunteers for their National Rape Crisis helpline supporting survivors of rape and sexual abuse. The positions are based at their Croydon centre.

We will provide you with free accredited training from the London Open College Network.

If you feel you have an open mind and can listen, are empathic and pragmatic and have the time and enthusiasm to make a commitment to working with us for three hours a week for at least one year please phone or email us to be forwarded an application pack with full position details.

Positions exempt under section 7(2)e Sex Discrimination Act (75), amended in 1986 and 2008 and incorporated in the Equality Act 2010.

W4MP Note:
The role being advertised is a voluntary one. As such, there are no set hours and responsibilities and you should be free to come and go as you wish. If the post demands set hours and/or has a specific job description you may be deemed to be a ‘worker’ and be covered by National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage legislation. See http://www.w4mp.org/jobs-listings-events/jobs/
advertising-jobs-with-w4mp/volunteers/what-is-the-national-minimum-wage/
for more information about National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage.

Closing Date: 31 July 2016

Interview/Start Dates

All helpline volunteers are provided with a mandatory training progamme which is accredited by the Open College Network. The training takes place over twelve consecutive Saturdays, starting on the 10th of September. 

Application Details

Please contact Rosa at helpline.coordinator@rasasc.org.uk or call on 0208 683 3311 for further information and an application pack. 

Website: http://rasasc.org.uk

Additional Notes