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Dramatic Change 'Content Creators' Volunteer (DRAMA)
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Summary
Do you have lived experience of Neurodivergence?Are you part of the LGBTQIA+ community and passionate about supporting others to ‘Speak Up’ and self-advocate?
Detailed description
This role starts in September, and induction takes place during July or August.
Role Title – Dramatic Change ‘Content Creators’ Volunteer
Summary of the Role
Inclusion Gloucestershire’s Dramatic Change groups are part of our wider advocacy offer.
Our new social media group ‘Content Creators’ will be an 8-week course with the aim to provide an opportunity for neurodivergent individuals, who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, to produce issue-based videos for social media, on topics that are important to them.
The aim of this project is that participants learn new skills, experience increased wellbeing and confidence and have their voice heard on their chosen issue-based topics.
The Dramatic Change ‘Content Creators’ Volunteer will work alongside the Coordinator and Expert by Experience to facilitate the running of this course.
Role Purpose
To support the facilitation of the Content Creators course.
Reports to
Content Creator (DRAMA) Coordinator
Working pattern:
Weekly hours:
3 hours, term-time only.
Minimum period:
8 weeks between September and November 2024
Induction to take place during July or August
Regular working pattern:
Tuesdays 10.00am – 12.30pm
10th September 2024 – 22nd October 2024
+ 12th November 2024 (evaluation session)
Location:
Inclusion Gloucestershire, Railway House, Bruton Way, Gloucester, GL1 1DG
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To support members in participation of discussions, activities and to support in the set-up and clear-up of equipment.
- Establish and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, volunteers and stakeholders of Inclusion Gloucestershire and the broad range of external organisations we work with.
- Be aware and act on the need to report safeguarding concerns (this may include providing some initial support to individuals in the office, before passing on to the Safeguarding Lead).
- Advocate for Inclusion Gloucestershire and its projects at meetings and events and within your own appropriate networks.
- This role profile is not exhaustive and may be subject to change to meet the operational needs of the charity.
Overall role:
- Support individuals to participate in activities.
- Participate in whole group activities where possible.
- Facilitate small group discussions, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to share ideas.
- Take notes during group work to capture discussions and ideas when required.
- Support during filming with practical and creative tasks, such as sound recording or line-prompting.
- Offer constructive input into debrief sessions.
- Support with set up and clear up of session equipment, such as chairs, drinks, tables, ipads etc.
Essential Requirements for this Post
- Genuine interest in working with people with a range of needs including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and people with lived experience of mental ill health.
- Genuine interest in working with people from the LGBTQIA+ Community.
- To be honest, reliable and trustworthy.
- To adhere to confidentiality when required.
- Able to develop positive working relationships with people.
- Able to build rapport with others and support them to feel comfortable.
- Able to follow instructions but also work on own initiative
- Be calm, caring and sensitive to others.
- Have excellent listening skills.
- Confident in facilitating small group work.
- Be willing to learn. No previous film or social media experience is required.
Desirable
- Have lived experience of neurodivergence and the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Experience in film and social media
What benefits can I expect:
Being part of: a caring and professional user-led organisation who work together towards shared goals and are driven by the social model of disability.
Making a positive impact: by working with others to express themselves through drama and film.
Opportunities to: develop and gain new skills, friendships and attend events or meetings with our organisation.
Access to: training opportunities.
Expenses will be reimbursed: in line with organisation policy.
Establishing professional working relationships: with colleagues, volunteers and stakeholders of Inclusion Gloucestershire.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs🤝 Extra supportAbout Inclusion Gloucestershire
Our Vision is to help people achieve an inclusive society that values, respects and includes disabled people everyday and in every way.
Our Model:
We are user-led and our model places ‘experts by experience’ at the centre of what we do.
They are people who have experience of living with a disability or mental ill health and who know what works for them and what doesn’t.
Every project we work on involves our experts by experience, who are fully supported in what they do.
Being user-led means that the majority of our Board, which makes the important decisions about how we are run, have lived experience of disability. The majority of our staff team are also disabled, so have valuable insight into life with a disability.