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CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR VOLUNTEER YOUTH PANEL MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n Are you over 18 and interested in volunteering with young people? Then you could be who we are looking for!<\/p>\n Volunteering with Medway Youth Offending Service could enable you to make a valuable contribution to your local community, have an opportunity to make your community safer, obtain satisfaction in ensuring that victims are listened to and be able to make a difference to a young person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n Volunteering as a Community Panel Member provides volunteers with an opportunity to meet with young people subject to a Referral Order to devise and agree a programme of work which enables the young person to repair the harm that has been caused by their offending and help them to avoid reoffending in the future.<\/p>\n Volunteers need to be over 18 years of age and have patience; good judgement; objectivity; commitment; reliability; good communication skills, be good listeners and be able to relate well to young people.\u00a0\u00a0 A non-judgemental approach is essential as is a firm commitment to discretion and confidentiality.<\/p>\n Selection criteria for Panel Members are based on personal qualities rather than professional qualifications or experience. No previous experience or knowledge of the youth justice system is required.<\/p>\n Panel volunteers will need to provide references and undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Previous criminal convictions will not automatically prevent anyone from becoming a Panel Member.<\/p>\n For more information OR to send an application form please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sue Berry, Restorative Justice Co-ordinator on O7970 353543<\/em><\/p>\n or<\/strong> email susan.berry@medway.gov.uk<\/em><\/p>\n APPLICATION FORM:<\/strong><\/p>\n YOT Volunteer Application Form 22 (2)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MEDWAY YOUTH OFFENDING SERVICE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR VOLUNTEER YOUTH PANEL MEMBERS Are you over 18 and interested in volunteering with young people? Then … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77932,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2466\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}