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Are you or someone you know:
*facing redundancy?
*considering a career change?
*looking at ways to improve your CV?
*looking to gain new skills and
experience to get on a university course?
CSV can help...
In an increasingly competitive job market, a Full Time Volunteering placement with CSV could help you gain new skills, improve your CV and help you stand out from the crowd.
Many of our former volunteers tell us that their CSV volunteering experience has been invaluable when applying for jobs or courses and has given them a head start and competitive edge over other applicants.
What is CSV Full Time Volunteering?
CSV (Community Service Volunteers) is the UK's largest volunteering and training organisation. We have hundreds of opportunities for young people aged 16-35 to volunteer on a full time basis throughout the UK. Volunteers move away from home for 4-12 months and are provided with accommodation, food and a weekly allowance. Opportunities are wide ranging and might include supporting adults or children with physical disabilities or learning disabilities, mentoring young people at risk of offending or exclusion from education, helping on an environmental project or assiting those who are homeless. Previous experience and qualifications are not essential as all placements are fully supported with appropriate training provided.
CSV could help your career by:
 Developing general workplace skills such as problem solving, teamworking and negotiation skills
 Improving personal and social skills such as communication and an ability to deal with a wide range of people
 Providing recognised practical experience for a wide range of careers including social work, healthcare and teaching
 Enhancing your CV or applications for college and university courses
 Establishing life skills through living independently and building new friendships with people from around the UK and other countries
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Don't just take our word for it!
Here's what some of our previous volunteers say:
Tom Baker was a CSV Full Time Volunteer last year at a project in Berkshire and is now a Support Worker. He said:
“I’m currently working as a full time support worker in Manchester. I support 3 young men in one home and 3 in another. I would not have got this job if it had not been for the experience I got from six months with CSV.”
When asked whether he thought volunteering helped boost his self esteem and a sense of connection with his community he said: “Yes, it definitely did. It made me feel better about myself, and gave me a sense of direction. I am very grateful.”
Kelly Power is now working as a Teaching Assistant after volunteering with CSV at a project in Kent. She said:
“Volunteering has helped boost my job prospects. I volunteered directly after leaving education so it gave me some much-needed experience of employment and the working environment.”
When asked if she thought volunteering helped improve her employability, Kelly said; “It gave me recognised employment history and an invaluable reference.”
Rosanna Wynn-Williams completed her CSV placement in Norwich last year and is now a Youth Volunteering Development Manager. She said:
"I got my current job as a direct result of volunteering with CSV. I was able to give great examples of skills the employer was looking for through my experience gained through volunteering. The majority of skills I developed such as working as part of a team, persuading, negotiating, influencing, excellent communication skills and working with young people were all gained through volunteering."
"I would never have entered the career ladder as high up as I have without having spent the past year being part of some really valuable and worthwhile volunteering programmes. I applied for jobs before volunteering and didn't get anywhere. It was through volunteering that I even heard my job was coming up as a vacancy, and every career door that has opened up to me has been as a direct result of the people I've met and the skills I've developed through volunteering with CSV"
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