Hapori youth support volunteer

Role description
Hapori youth support volunteers help organise and run activities under our Hapori programme, which focuses on connecting tamariki | children seven to 12 years of age with a range of fun and inclusive multicultural events that create opportunities for children, their families and other caregivers to come together.
Your tasks
- Facilitate activities on event days – this could include baking, arts and crafts, games, singing, music, cooking, and sports.
- Provide supervision and help ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of children and other participants.
- Help to set up and pack down resources for the events.
- Help to organise monthly Hapori events with our volunteer team.
Location
This programme is based in Pōneke | Wellington only.
Volunteer requirements and training
You'll need to:
- Be available once a month on a Saturday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm at the event venue in Wellington.
- Be a team player, take initiative and have good communication skills.
- Have experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse community members.
- Have experience in working with children and young people.
- Commit to upholding the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi – partnership, participation and protection.
- Commit to promoting inclusive practices, extending care for the wellbeing of others and engage with others in a way that is respectful and mana-enhancing.
You'll receive all the training and guidance you need to make sure the programme is successful. Our team will provide you with resources, provide local connections and help you understand your tasks.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)
We all have a responsibility for our own and others’ Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) when undertaking activities on behalf of Red Cross. Therefore, it is important you:
- Take reasonable care of your own health and safety, do not adversely affect the HSW of others
- Complete health, safety and wellbeing induction, training, programmes and activities – as directed.
- Follow all reasonable instructions given to you relating to HSW.
- Cooperate and comply with New Zealand Red Cross policies, standards and procedures related to health, safety, and wellbeing.
- Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if required, to undertake any work activity
- If you identify a hazard and/or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away to your people leader
- Know what to do in an emergency – for example, how to escape during a fire or what to do if an earthquake occurs
- You must tell someone in charge if you have any health and safety concerns or worried about someone else’s health and safety
- New Zealand Police - support services (child/youth)
- Two referees for character checks
"Volunteering in the Hapori programme is so rewarding. I can see the positive impact that doing simple activities with tamariki and their families has in connecting the community."
Kurt, Hapori Volunteer