Being a volunteer with Citizens Advice Bureaux in Wolverhampton could find you working in Bilston, the City Centre, or Low Hill, and a variety of outreach settings across the City.
CAB gives free, independent, impartial, confidential advice at all of these centres at given times during the week and in an average week would see some 500 people across the city.
A dedicated group of about 100 Volunteers who readily give of their time to help their Community often undertakes the Bureaux workload. Pam Jassi a volunteer trainee adviser at the City Centre Bureaux says "I enjoy coming to CAB it is good, I like seeing and advising clients and I have learnt a great deal since I joined last April. My long term ambition is to get a paid job in advice work and CAB has helped me to develop my knowledge and learn new skills".
John Walduck, the Recruitment and Training Manager for CABx in Wolverhampton says that one of the major problems with recruiting Volunteers is a misconception that we only take on highly qualified people and only need advisers - this is not strictly true. Our volunteers come from every walk of life, are aged from 18-80, some with qualifications, others who have none. Volunteers will be thoroughly trained in the techniques they need to become highly competent Adviser or in a support role as an Advice Assistant or Clerical Assistant and develop in whatever field they choose to work.
Wolverhampton CAB needs at least 100 new volunteers each year in order to maintain existing service levels - more if we wish to expand the service to satisfy the public demand.
Would you like to join the team? It is very rewarding and can be good fun!
For details of our excellent training and to discuss how you can contribute call the Volunteer Hotline on 01902 572227.
Did you know that the work of the CAB goes further than just giving advice they have a role in the development of social policy - with the help of people who come to us for advice, we publish reports on their problems and say what changes are needed to improve policies and services, and lobby parliament to achieve them.
