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Drivers needed for excursions with Refugee and Asylum Seeker Children

Australian Refugee Volunteers
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Australian Refugee Volunteers (ARV) is an entirely volunteer-run non-religious and apolitical organisation that runs exciting programs for children from asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds in Sydney. We organise programs to take our clients out for fun days to give them these opportunities that their families might not necessarily be able to provide.

Our programs rely on volunteers with their own vehicle who can pick-up clients from home and drive them to that day's program location, participate in the day's activity and take the clients home at the end of the day. Not all volunteers need to be drivers, although we are currently most in need of driver volunteers.

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to provide fun and laughter to these children and young people in Sydney. We run all sorts of events such as ice skating, mini golf, indoor rock climbing, and community outreach, and are always interested to hear your ideas for new activities as well!

Volunteers can help out in one or more of the following programs as a volunteer 'buddy':

• Kids Program (clients aged 7-11) • Youth Program (clients aged 11-13) • Teens Program (clients aged 12-16) • Charity Program (clients aged 15-18) • Camps (held during school/uni holidays)

Buddies are paired with a child for the day, where you'll have time to get to know each other and support them in the activities for the day.

There are also opportunities to join an organisational management role (recruitment, training, program planning, volunteer management). Our committee is made up of people who started out as general volunteers, so you never know where you might end up.

ARV can be a great boost to your CV too. There are more than a handful of ex-ARV management volunteers who have benefited greatly from the experience they gained at ARV before going into work at NGO's, social work, community work, refugee law, nursing and many other areas.

No volunteering experience is necessary, just a positive attitude and a great sense of fun! Volunteering at ARV is a rewarding and fulfilling experience: not only will you work with people from a variety of backgrounds, you will directly see the impact of your work and meet other like-minded people!

ARV carries $20m Public Liability insurance, Volunteer Accident insurance and 'Motor Non-Owned insurance for volunteers' vehicles. For more information please enquire with the Recruitment Team.

Applications

Visit our website and find the 'Fill Out Application' link at the end of the page.

At the end of the application you will need to book a day for training, held monthly. You will also need to apply for a Working With Children's Check (WWCC), details will be provided in the sign-up process.

2020 training dates:

2 February 1 March 29 March 26 April 24 May 28 June 26 July 23 April 20 September 25 October 29 November

You can not apply for this role as it is no longer available.