YouthWatch Leeds Volunteer (14-25 yrs)

You will be part of YouthWatch Leeds, a young peoples group that will help Healthwatch Leeds by:

• Helping to influence Healthwatch Leeds work that aims to make health and social care services better for children and young people.
• Being involved in projects to gather views about children and young peoples experiences of health and social care services.
• Giving a young persons perspective on current areas of Healthwatch Leeds work.
• Help advise Healthwatch Leeds how it can be more child and young people friendly.
• Acting as an ambassador for young peoples involvement in Healthwatch Leeds by helping us talk to and listen to other children and young people.
• Volunteers must be between the ages of 14 and 25 years old and live, work or study in Leeds.

 Purpose of the role: 

•  To help Healthwatch Leeds ensure that it listens, and learns from the voice and experience of children and young people.  

Where: Meetings are held in a city centre venue.  

If meetings aren’t for you, you could just join our Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram group and contribute virtually. 

When:  YouthWatch Leeds will meet at least once every 4  weeks between 4.45- 6.45 pm.. Meetings will be held outside school/college hours eg. Evenings, weekends or school holidays. There will be other opportunities to volunteer in other activities between meetings. 

Time Commitment:  Flexible time commitment to be agreed: minimum 2 hours/month 

 What you need to be able to do: 

• Be aged 14-25 and YOU MUST LIVE LIVE WORK OR STUDY IN THE LEEDS AREA
• Be patient and a good listener
• Able to challenge and disagree without being confrontational
• Be able to work as part of a team with other young people and/or Healthwatch Leeds workers
• Agree to the Healthwatch Leeds Code of Conduct.
• Able to represent the views and experiences of others, not just your own. 

 Experience and knowledge: 

• Experience of having accepted responsibility and seeing things through
•  Interested in people
• Personal experience of accessing different health and social care services would be useful 

 Attitudes and Values: 

• Committed to children and young people having a say and being heard.
• Be non-judgemental
• Respect for those from a different background 

 What’s in it for you?  

• Support and training from Healthwatch Leeds will be available to help you with this role.
• We’ll provide you a reference after 30 hours volunteering with us, and certificates for any training you do with us.
•  It won’t cost you anything to volunteer, with us – we’ll pay your travel costs, and there will be refreshments/food at most of our meetings!