The Citadel offers each person who volunteers with us ongoing training and support.
Volunteer Induction
Before you start your volunteering, we invite you to come along to Volunteer Induction which is part of our Volunteer Training Project. Click here to read more about it.
Internal Training
At the beginning of each term we invite all volunteers to a staff training session. This training covers relevant issues such as behaviour, use of slang language, coping with change and so on. We also use this time to develop and plan our youth clubs for the coming term. We love all the ideas and inspiration that volunteers bring to this process.
We also provide internal staff training on a number of themed issues such as
- Dealing with Challenging Behaviour
- Child Protection
- Food Hygiene
External Training
In addition to our internal training we give all volunteers the opportunity to attend training provided by other organisations such as LAYC.
Support and Supervision
Each volunteer is allocated a full time member of staff as their contact person. The volunteer meets with their contact person regularly for support and supervision. This gives you the chance to
- Talk and reflect on your work
- Get some feedback
- Discuss any difficulties or frustrations
- Look at your own personal development
