Befrienders have a more flexible role and work alongside Caseworkers to compliment the support available to survivors.

They work to provide holistic support by:

• Providing friendship and extra support to our clients, investing in a relationship with them by meeting up for a coffee, attending community activities etc.
• Advocating for survivors at various appointments as necessary.
• Sign posting services, organisations and groups as required.

Things to Consider

Things to Consider:

• Experience of working with vulnerable communities/refugees/asylum-seekers or an equivalent health and social care educational background is desirable for this role.
• Volunteers must be over the age of 18.
• You will need to be computer literate and have a good standard of spoken and written English.
• This role may vary but usually requires 2-6 hours per week commitment and can involve travelling around Sheffield.

Training and Supervision:

• Training is provided by professionals over 4 sessions and covers a range of topics you will also be offered the chance to attend additional optional training offered to volunteer caseworkers.
• Befrienders receive professional group supervision run quarterly.

Update: Volunteer training will take place over Zoom until further notice!

Activity Volunteers encourage social inclusion and integration. Firstly, by facilitating community activities, clients can engage with fun activities such as sewing empowering them to learn new skills and make friends. Furthermore, Activity Volunteers provide childcare for client’s children during community activities or for vital counselling appointments at the Project; this ensures survivors can access the support they need.

Update: Due to Covid-19, Snowdrop is running community activities virtually. We are on the look out for volunteers who could share their skills virtually with clients and help facilitate sessions. For example, cooking, baking, sewing, painting. Please get in touch on info@snowdropproject.co.uk if you'd like to help guide Snowdrop clients in creative and meaningful activities online.

Things to Consider

• We look for enthusiastic individuals who enjoy working with children and vulnerable people.
• Childcare can vary dependent on different counselling appointments, but there are regular opportunities through the community activities.
• Childcare only takes place in the Snowdrop Project office.
• This role requires up to 2 hours a week commitment.
• A DBS check is provided.

Training

• Training will be provided by professionals through a three-hour session, which will give you a good foundation for working with survivors of human trafficking.

Renovation volunteers help turn neglected council housing into homes that our clients can be proud of. These renovations happen sporadically, as and when our clients receive permanent housing.

Things to Consider

• Due to the nature of council housing, renovations often happen very last minute we usually get about 5 days notice at most.
• They can sometimes happen over the weekend.
• You do not need any DIY skills, just a can-do attitude and the ability to get stuck in with cleaning and painting!

How to Get Involved

There is no formal recruitment process for renovation volunteers, so if you would like to get involved simply like us on Facebook or sign up to our newsletter here to hear about upcoming renovations. Due to Covid-19, currently all house renovation programmes are on hold. We will let you know when we are back up and running!

The Snowdrop Project is a dynamic and rapidly growing charity that uniquely specialises in assisting in the after-care of adults who have been rescued from trafficking.  It is the first charity in the UK to specialise in long-term assistance and has been recognised for its contribution through awards, informing policy development and writing research in this area. It was previously a volunteer project but became a registered charity in October 2014.  Since then the charity has grown from providing support to 12 survivors a year to 124 and continues to grow.

Snowdrop’s mission is to empower survivors of human trafficking to live lives no longer defined by their past and reduce the risk for those vulnerable to this crime.  We are committed to creating, implementing and promoting models of best practice toward whole-person centred, multi-agency service provision, nationally and internationally.

We provide direct support to survivors through advocacy, counselling, community activities, a house renovation service and employment and education pathways.  To further the knowledge and practice in the field, we provide training, consultation and awareness raising and support the movement of new policies and legislation that would improve the rights of survivors in the UK.

At the moment we are not recruiting for trustees but please do keep an eye out on our website and social media for future opportunities.