Frankston Community Support and Information
Centre is seeking volunteers who are
competent,
enthusiastic and
reliable who
enjoy a challenge
and like working in a team
environment.
Why volunteer?
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Experience new
challenges, exercise your social conscience, gain satisfaction from doing
something that makes a difference to our community.
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Have fun. Meet new people.
Apart from making a positive contribution to society, volunteers form
social networks and connections with like minded people. Good volunteers
are good to be around!
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Personal and professional development.
Many people choose a volunteering activity that practices or maintains
working skills used in their paid employment.
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Gain
communication skills.
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Gain experience to add
to your CV. Develop work related skills. Volunteering may be a good
opportunity for you to get back into an office environment and use new
technology.
What you can offer us
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A fresh perspective and a
new point of view
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New skills and abilities
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New ideas, energy and
enthusiasm
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Ensure the future of
volunteering within the Centre
Your
responsibilities as a volunteer:
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Be reliable and punctual.
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If you cannot meet your
commitment, be courteous and inform the organisation.
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Attend all pertinent training
sessions.
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Keep all information
confidential.
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Familiarise yourself with
policies and procedures of the organisation.
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Be responsible as the
organisation relies on you.
Previous experience
It is an advantage to
have previous experience in your preferred volunteering area but life
experiences also assist volunteers in their role at the Centre.
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Reception
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Information
Technology
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Case Assessment
(Interviewer)
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Statistics
collection and collation
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Information
file development and maintenance
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Administration
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Tax Help
Some popular misconceptions about
volunteering
"Volunteers have nothing else
to do with their time."
Some of our best volunteers do many things and are so busy with their
other activities it can be difficult to contact them.
"Volunteering attracts a
certain type of person."
More likely an event has happened in a persons past that has made them
want to become involved. They may know what it is like to feel alone and
unsupported.
How to apply...
Please download and read
Information for Prospective Volunteers Booklet
240k (12 page PDF)
Print and complete the Volunteer
Application Form
Volunteer Application Form 92k (4
page PDF)
and return to:
Coordinator of Volunteers
FCSIC
68 Playne Street
Frankston, 3199
or Fax: (03) 9781 4780
You can email any questions to
fcsic@frankston.net
Please allow
several working days to receive a reply or invitation to attend an interview.
More information
Frankston Community Support
and Information Centre provides opportunities for many local residents to
volunteer their time and skills. Volunteers commit to work one
rostered shift either between 9:00am
―
12:30pm or 12:30pm
―
4:00pm on a weekday. Each
shift has a trained receptionist and a minimum of three community workers
(interviewers). Other
volunteers present at these times may be performing administration tasks,
training new volunteers, working on the Centre's information systems,
maintaining computers or restocking donated goods in the pantry. See
descriptions of different
Job Roles
performed by volunteers at the Centre.
Please note:
All volunteers
are required to undergo a Police check.
The
Centre is independently managed by local residents through an annually
elected Committee of
Management and is staffed by
trained volunteer community workers including personnel with backgrounds in
business, clerical work, teaching, nursing, social work, banking, sales,
trades, engineering and management. Our volunteer workers gain a great deal
of satisfaction by providing a valuable service to their community and
working with people from all walks of life.
'Volunteering Opportunities'
Brochure 118k
(2 page PDF)
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