Become a Volunteer Advocate for people over the age of 50 to get their voices, views, and wishes heard. You will support people in your local community to have their voices and wishes heard and to achieve their personal aspirations and goals. Within this role you will support people with their issues or concerns and to ultimately empower them to be able to resolve similar issues themselves in the future. Together you will develop a personal action plan and work to achieve their aspirations. PLEASE NOTE: This role offers both face to face and remote volunteering. It is entirely your preference. Main duties and responsibilities of advocacy volunteers: •To listen to and understand the issues and desired outcomes of the person you are supporting taking into account each persons needs. •Help the person understand and access the opportunities and information available to them to make informed choices and decisions •Develop an action plan with the person wanting advocacy support, working together towards achieving their desired outcomes, by enabling the person to shape the support they wish to receive. This may mean helping the person to prepare for appointments or meetings or providing appropriate assistance to ensure the person’s views and wishes are taken into account e g: -Helping to write letters or filling in forms -Exploring and researching options that are available to the person •Provide independent advocacy support Volunteers will attend meetings with a supervisor at Age Cymru as agreed and update regularly on the status of the support being provided including any concerns. Volunteers will be expected to: •Keep records of meetings and comply with data protection regulations, ensure that our service user information is kept confidential. •adhere to all Age Cymru values, policies, and procedures •Respond to the requirements and requests by your supervisor at Age Cymru Full training, support and supervision will be provided. For more information please contact Amanda amanda.denton@agecymru.org.uk
