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Peer Support Volunteer
Bowel Cancer UK
Part-time
Scotland
Hybrid
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Application closing date:
Apr 11, 2025
About the organisation
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About the vacancy
- Our online communities connect people affected by bowel cancer, enabling them to give and receive support on a number of topics. As a volunteer moderator, you’ll use your experience and knowledge to make our forum a safe and welcoming place.
We welcome applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds and communities, including volunteers who speak a second language.
Key Responsibilities
- • Using your experience of bowel cancer to support others, join in discussions and signpost members to appropriate sources of support.
• Ensuring our forum is welcoming to all and that members follow our community rules.
• Sharing ideas and concerns with staff and fellow moderators.
• Attending regular moderator catchups with staff and other volunteer moderator.
Key Competencies
- • Experience of using online communities.
• Able to communicate with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• Able to provide appropriate support and to ask for help when needed.
• Access to your own computer or mobile device and confidence in using it to access online communities.
Desired Qualifications
- The volunteer for this role must have experience of bowel cancer, either as a patient, or as a close friend or family member of a patient.
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