Current volunteer opportunities
Help young people achieve their full potential!
At Youth Off The Streets, we offer various opportunities to volunteers who want to support our schools and services and make a positive difference in young people’s lives.
Current openings for volunteering and student placement positions are listed below.
Please fill in the form that corresponds with the opportunity for which you are applying. If you are applying for multiple opportunities, you will need to submit multiple forms.
Cooking and delivering food for our Food Van to distribute
Our Food Van provides a trusted night-time presence for children, young people and adults in need, providing hearty meals during these challenging times. As the Food Van relies on your generous contributions, we are looking for volunteers who want to cook for or donate food to the service.
Where: Marrickville
When: Evenings
Ways to volunteer:
- If you don’t nominate a particular night but wish to deliver cooked food, please deliver it to Marrickville at any time. We are staffed 24/7.
- Volunteers can select a particular night and deliver food to Marrickville. If you wish to deliver hot food, it would be best to do so at 8pm before the Food Van leaves for the evening. If the cooked food has not been heated, please deliver it before 7pm so that volunteers can prepare it for the Food Van attendees to enjoy.
- You can cook on-site in our fully-equipped kitchen. Please do this during the day to reduce the disturbance to our residents.
Types of foods to prepare:
We suggest that you prepare hearty meals that can be reheated easily, such as pasta bake, lasagne, shepherd’s pie, curry, vegetable frittata, soup, apple crumble, cake and brownies.
Ideally, these dishes will work best when served from a large, foil oven tray. We can provide trays for food to be cooked and delivered in.
Probity checks required: Working With Children Check (WWCC)
Community engagement and support
Join us and the local community to develop strong social connections over the holiday season.
Where: Macquarie Fields OR Bankstown OR Maitland
When:
We have three events in the coming months.
- 21 November 2024 at Bankstown
- 4 December 2024 at Macquarie Fields
- 13 December 2024 at Maitland
Position description:
- The aim of these community engagement events is to build rapport, celebrate the festive season with the community as well as developing the capacity of young people.
- As a community engagement and support volunteer for the event, you will be involved in a variety of activities, including assisting with BBQs, food preparation, sporting activities, capacity building and living skills preparation.
- Full training is provided.
- Please note you must be over 18 years of age to volunteer for this opportunity.
Probity checks required: Working with Children Check (WWCC), Police Check and Volunteer Induction Training
Food preparation at our high schools
Assist with making healthy, nutritious meals for students at one of our high schools.
Where: EDEN College at Macquarie Fields OR Craig Davis College at Cordeaux Heights.
When: One day a week, except Wednesday, from 9am to 11am during school terms (EDEN College), one day a week from 9am to 11am during school terms (Craig Davis College)
Position description:
- As a food preparation volunteer, you will assist with the preparation of nutritious meals for high school students.
- All the ingredients are provided, but we need your creativity.
- If you choose to volunteer at Craig Davis College, you may be assisted by a youth worker and/or a young person.
- Full training is provided.
- Please note that you must be over 18 years of age to volunteer for this opportunity.
Probity checks required: Working with Children Check (WWCC), Police Check and Volunteer Induction Training
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iDrive mentor
Assist our students who are on their Learner’s licences by developing their driving skills.
Where:
- The Lakes College, Blue Haven
- Chapel School, Merrylands
- EDEN College and SOLAR Program, Macquarie Fields
When: Weekly, for approximately 1 or 2 hours.
Position description:
- As an iDrive mentor volunteer, you will assist our students on their Learner’s licences to develop their driving skills and gain hours for their logbook.
- We provide the car, which is fully insured, along with fuel.
- The young people will have completed at least five professional driving lessons before undertaking this program with you.
- Training is provided.
- Please note that you must be over 25 years of age to volunteer for this opportunity.
Probity checks required: Working with Children Check (WWCC), Police Check, Reference Check and Volunteer Induction Training.
Gardener
We need your passion and green thumb to bring EDEN College’s gardens to life.
Where: EDEN College, Macquarie Fields
When: Flexible hours; between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday. No weekends.
Position description:
As our Gardener, your regular activities include weeding, pruning, planting, machine use (whipper snipper, mower, edge trimmer, etc.), sweeping paths, cleaning, general repairs and ad hoc duties as required.
All necessary equipment is supplied.
Probity checks required: Working with Children Check (WWCC), Police Check and Volunteer Induction Training.