Self-Management Volunteer

Time commitment: Flexible, each course is 5 to 6 weeks for 2.5 hours per week
Travel: A community-based venue or online.

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your creativity, energy and excellent (communication or leadership) skills to really make an impact? Would you like to find a rewarding and fulfilling way for others to benefit from your knowledge and experience?

If so, we would love to have you as a volunteer. Apply today - make a positive difference to people’s lives and help us to achieve a future free from arthritis.

About the role

Our self-management courses empower people with arthritis, chronic pain, and musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions by supporting them to manage their condition better and improve their confidence.

As a Self-Management Volunteer, you’ll be working with a team to deliver this course and transform the lives of people with arthritis.

Working as part of a team to prepare and deliver self-management sessions
Assisting with session planning, delivery and follow up tasks
Presenting to diverse audiences in a friendly, informative and engaging way.

Download the role profile for a Self-Management Volunteer (PDF 140KB).

If you have any questions about this role before applying, 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 – adult workforce (PVG – adult workforce in Scotland). This requires three identification documents e.g. passport, driving licence and formal document 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. 