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This volunteer opportunity will help to assist in the running of all aspects of a retail shop to directly fund our 24-hour crisis support line. Your few hours volunteering can and will help save lives!

🌟 Be part of a welcoming and diverse volunteer teams that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting people to live life in all its fullness by valuing and respecting the unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions of every person, and by creating an inclusive, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong.🌟

Your energetic contribution of time to assist with donations, shop presentation and point of sale. We invite you to sign up to be notified when a new shop opens up near you.

Joining our newly formed volunteer team for the upcoming shop opening is an exciting opportunity to be part of something special right from the beginning. As a founding member, you'll play a vital role in shaping the shop's atmosphere and impact within the community. This is your chance to contribute fresh ideas, build lasting connections, and experience the satisfaction of seeing your efforts make an immediate difference. Join us in creating a dynamic and vibrant space where your passion and dedication will truly shine.

📍 SHOPS OPENING SOON:

  • Brisbane, Clevaland - September 2024
  • Gold Coast, Tamborine Mountain
  • Ipswich, Springfield

✅ What you’ll be doing:

  • Customer service
  • Point of sale transactions
  • Stock preparation
  • Shop presentation
  • Labelling and pricing stock

🎁 What’s in it for you?

  • A Lifeline Retail discount card
  • Do something new and different
  • Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference
  • Enjoy social interaction with others

 

🎁 As a thank you for your volunteering, you’ll receive a discount card to use throughout our store. You’ll receive your card after one month of continuous volunteering 🎁

 

🕧 Time: Shifts are negotiable typically between 9:00 am and 4:00pm.  

📅 Days: Weekdays and Weekends

💍 Commitment: Get started from as little as 3-4 hours weekly 

☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include:

  • Good communication skills
  • Customer service or retail experience advantageous but not essential

👉🏼 About Us: Lifeline is committed to bringing hope to Australians doing it tough. A trusted national charity, we’re driven by the belief that Australian lives lost to suicide can be prevented. In Queensland we deliver our 24-hour 13 11 14 Lifeline Crisis Support line through 10 Lifeline centres – providing suicide prevention services with a non-judgemental and compassionate listening ear. Backed by more than 6000 volunteers, our network of 130 Lifeline retail shops sell new, donated and pre-loved goods to help fund our crisis support services. We also export to overseas communities, sell rags to industry and run our Lifeline Bookfest and other events to further support our services and help save lives.

 

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Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

▪ Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

▪ Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

▪ Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

▪ Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

 

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

 

❤️ UnitingCare’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Child Safety Statement ️❤️

UnitingCare is committed to child-safe practices and to building a volunteer workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. To ensure our team mirrors the diversity of the children in our care, We actively invite volunteers from all backgrounds, including young people (15–24 years), people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and older people seeking purpose and connection.

UnitingCare is committed to equitable access and will provide reasonable adjustments to support all applicants. Please advise us of any accessibility requirements at the time of your interview.

 

 

 

 

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