Women4Women Community Champion

African, Caribbean or South Asian Women -Community Champion Volunteer  required in:

Targeted Boroughs- Tower Hamlet, Waltham Forest, Newham, Redbridge, Havering and Barking & Dagenham.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Inform and advise women about what sexual health services and sexual health & HIV testing, PrEP and how to access PrEP.
• Community engagement, holding stall at events, giving talks presentations and workshops within their communities.

• Connect with your community and inform them about women's' HIV prevention options.
• Assisting women to access PrEP
• Assisting the w4w coordinator to run testing clinics, workshops and events.
• Assist in the creation & design of culturally competent resources.
• Assist in the collection of data and feedback which will be used to inform service delivery improvements.
• Assist and undertake community research.
• An opportunity to train in and conduct STI/HIV testing
• Attendance at CDP Accredited training sessions is mandatory. (equivalent of 2 days)
• Commitment to the project until 2028.
• Champions will have an individually tailored workplan. Hours of work are lead by the champion's availability and interests.

What skills do I need?

Skills, attributes, experience and qualifications

• Women of African, Caribbean or South Asian descent
• No qualifications required
•  Confident in the use of English, spoken and written
• A desire to engage the community about women's sexual health and HIV Prevention
• Recording data and basic computer skills

• A desire to do community outreach
• Available some weekdays, evenings and weekends
•  Committed to anti racism and intersectional inclusiveness
•  Values that align with meeting the needs of all in society
• Understand, respect and maintain confidentiality
•  Enhanced DBS is required for volunteering.
• Need to be 18+ years old.

When do I need to be available?

Details

Each champion will have an individual implemention plan which will outline their availablity, their interests, how they will use their learning to meet the W4W objectives.