vOLUNTEER WITH STREETWORK

STREETWORK’S VOLUNTEERING ROLES - WHICH TYPE BEST SUITS YOU?

Streetwork relies on its team of volunteers and supporters to help us achieve our mission - turning vulnerable young lives around.  

The majority of the young people in our program have experienced poverty, abuse, neglect, and homelessness. All struggle to control the risk-taking behaviours threatening their safety and future well-being.

The amazing group of people who volunteer at Streetwork selflessly contributes their time, skills, services, and money to ensure we can continue offering our free mentoring program to vulnerable 11 - 18-year-olds living in local communities.

Volunteering at Streetwork can take many forms, including:  

Traditional long-term volunteering: regular and recurring volunteering on a specific date and time.  At Streetwork, our long-term volunteers assist, which may consist of:

Working with young people opportunities

  • Assertive Outreach (BBQ, activities, general helpers) - Working with Children Check (WWCC) will be required

  • Advocacy (Support person when young person detained at Police station) - Working with Children Check (WWCC) will be required

Administrative and support role opportunities

  • Administration tasks (assist at our head office)

  • Local Board Member (assist with local promotion, local fundraising and local engagement strategies; Local Boards covering North Shore, Northern Beaches and Hornsby-Ku-ring-gai)

Episodic volunteering involves volunteering for a specific project or event. At Streetwork, this includes coordinating an event at a fundraiser, which may consist of:

  • Glam and Grunge event (usually held in October)

  • Supporters Breakfast (usually held in June)

  • Christmas dinner (usually held in December)

  • Christmas wrapping stall (held in December)

Virtual and remote volunteering: tasks performed at home and/or online.  At Streetwork, this means working at a time that suits you and helping us execute a specific task like researching to create a database of local journalists and media contacts. 

Micro volunteering: a commitment to achieving a single, small task.  At Streetwork, this could be copy-checking our newsletter content for typographical errors.  

Skilled volunteering: performing a task that requires technical skills backed by an individual's experience and expertise.  At Streetwork, this could be copywriting, graphic design, creating and uploading social media posts, or assisting with an IT project.

Professional volunteering: individuals or companies donate their time to perform professional services that require certification or formal qualifications. At Streetwork, an example would be offering legal or IT advice or analysing data sets.

Strategic leadership volunteering: creating and/or executing strategy.  At Streetwork, this includes volunteering on a local board or advising our head office team on our approach to corporate partnerships or government relations.  

We'd love you to join our trusted crew of volunteers.  Your contribution will help us support some of our local community's most vulnerable youth.   

Many of Streetwork's volunteer roles are unpublished, so please reach out to us at volunteer@streetwork and let us know the type of volunteering role that best fits your lifestyle and circumstances.

 

We're always looking for people to join the Streetwork volunteer team. If you would like to assist us through volunteering, please email the Volunteer Application Form to info@streetwork.org.au. Alternatively please use the form below and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.