Parent Contact Volunteer

Time commitment: A minimum of two activities plus training and planning sessions per year
Travel: Face to face across the UK, online sessions and phone calls

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and keen to expand and develop your skills while helping others? Do you have a caring, sensitive and supportive approach?

Although we are not currently recruiting for this role, please keep checking this page as we regularly update our volunteer opportunities.

About the role

Versus Arthritis is here to make sure that people with arthritis have the support and information they need to live well with their condition. You will be supporting the Young People and Families service to provide information and support to other parents and carers of young people (under 24) living with arthritis.

Contributing to, and attending training events, family days and meetings run by the Young People’s and Families service
Empowering parents by giving them information and support that suits their situation without telling them what you think they should do
Attending workshops to increase knowledge and skills of working with young people and families, self-management and rheumatic conditions.

Download the role profile for a Parent Contact Volunteer (PDF 137KB)

If you have any questions about this role, please contact volunteering@versusarthritis.org.

How to Apply

Please complete and submit the Volunteering Application Form online, please include the relevant code for the location of the role you are interested in:

When we have received your application we will be in touch, our safer recruitment process will include:

An informal chat to discuss the role, get to know you and understand your motivations for volunteering
Two references
An enhanced criminal record check – including Children and Adult Barring Lists or Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme in Scotland. This requires three identification documents e.g. passport, driving licence and formal documentation with your address
Photo identification.

About Us

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.  We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.   

There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is okay. Versus Arthritis is here to change that.  

Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. 