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As a Youth Ambassador you will facilitate communication between young people and health & social care organisation. Collecting views and opinions from other young people about their experiences of accessing services and feeding this back to Healthwatch Bedford Borough.
As a Youth Ambassador you will improve your communication skills and learn valuable skills that can be transferred to the workplace. You will be communicating with your peers, team members and the general public. We need volunteers to help us collect information to help identify gaps or issues in the care being provided to people in Bedford Borough.
Young people need to have their voices heard about local services and as a Youth Ambassador you will be an integral part of this process and to assist services to change.
Volunteering can count towards placement and volunteering hours for school, sixth form, college or university courses, volunteering roles can also be added to your CV and College/University applications and references can be provided.
As a Community Engagement and Outreach Volunteer, you will play an important role in speaking to people in the community about their views on local health and care services. You will speak to with people via hospitals, libraries, shopping centre stalls, Healthwatch and community events. Online engagement via social media and other platforms may also be part of this role.
Why should you be a Healthwatch Community Engagement and Outreach Volunteer?
If you like talking and listening to people, this is the right role for you. We have a vital role to play in ensuring people in Bedford Borough are engaged, listened to and provided with an avenue to tell us their views and opinions.
By people sharing their experiences with us we can bring these to health and care providers and decision makers in Bedford Borough to influence services to make them better. You will be an essential part of our team in ensuring people’s voices are collected and heard in the right places. We need you to be the best that we can be.
An Enter and View Volunteer listens to people’s experiences of health and care services, including people living in residential homes to understand what is working well and what can be improved.
You’ll be helping to make life better for people by using the insight to make tangible differences to health and care services. You’ll meet a wide range of people who rely on health and care services. You’ll gain valuable experience which may support your job aspirations. You’ll meet new people, be part of the Healthwatch team who act as the public champion for health and care and make a difference for your local community.
As part of a team, you’ll check back to make sure the changes are making a difference
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