Self-Management Training Volunteer
Time commitment: Flexible, each course is 5 to 6 weeks for 2.5 hours per week
Travel: A community-based venue or online.
Are you looking for an opportunity to use your creativity, energy and excellent skills to really make an impact? Would you like to find a rewarding and fulfilling way for others to benefit from your knowledge and experience?
Although we are not currently recruiting for this role, please keep checking this page as we regularly update our volunteer opportunities.
About the role
Our self-management courses empower people with arthritis, chronic pain, and musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions by supporting them to manage their condition better and improve their confidence.
As a Self-Management Volunteer, you’ll be working with a team to deliver this course and transform the lives of people with arthritis.
- Working as part of a team to prepare and deliver self-management sessions
- Assisting with session planning, delivery and follow up tasks
- Presenting to diverse audiences in a friendly, informative and engaging way.
- For positions based in Northern Ireland there is a requirement to attend a 4-day, in person training course.
Download the role profile for a Self Management Training Volunteer.
If you have any questions about this role before applying, please contact volunteering@arthritis-uk.org.
How to apply
You must be based in the UK to apply for this opportunity.
As we have no vacancies for this role at present, we will update the application information when a vacancy is becomes available.
Our safer recruitment process will include:
- An informal chat to discuss the role, get to know you and understand your motivations for volunteering
- Two references
- An enhanced criminal record check – adult workforce (PVG – adult workforce in Scotland). This requires three identification documents e.g. passport, driving licence and formal document with your address
- Photo identification.
About us
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers, trustees and involved people to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.
Over 10 million adults, young people and children in the UK live with arthritis. That’s one in six of us living with the pain, fatigue, disability, mental and financial strain it can cause. Many more live with arthritis but remain undiagnosed, untreated and unsupported.
We know the impact of arthritis can be huge, affecting the ability to work, care for family, move free from pain and live independently. Yet for a condition affecting so many, it’s poorly understood and far too little is done. That’s why we invest in life-changing research into better treatments, support people through the daily challenges of life with arthritis, and campaign on the issues that matter most to people living with it.
At Arthritis UK, we won’t rest until everyone with arthritis has access to the treatments and support they need to live the life they choose, with real hope of a cure in the future.
Arthritis UK is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Read more about volunteering for us.
Animal Research
We are committed to developing new treatments for arthritis. To achieve this, we fund a broad range of medical research, and this includes research which uses animals. For further information, please see Animal Research Policy.