Become a Volunteer

Interested in Becoming an Adsis Volunteer?

Can you:

  • Offer a morning of afternoon per week?

  • Be committed to maintaining high quality standards through personal development and training?

What we offer:

  • An accredited training programme
  • Practical experience of working with alcohol users
  • The opportunity to volunteer for a highly reputable organisation
  • The satisfaction that you are supporting your local community
  • Continual training

Volunteering Role

Adsis recruits volunteers to support individuals that have issues with their own or someone else's alcohol or dependency. Your role will entail working with client's on an individual basis, using counselling techniques to support the clients changes they wish to make.

Please note that we also offer volunteering positions for administration, meeting and greeting, group facilitating and IT support, which would not necessarily require as intensive training as the Volunteer Support Worker positions. For more information please call the training department on 01889 560550 or email training@adsis.org.uk

Requirements to Volunteer

You must be able to:

  • Commit to 12 months with Adsis
  • Have a reasonable level of English and Mathematics (as reading, writing case notes, paperwork and working out alcohol units are essential to this role).  NB Only a requirement for one to one client work.
  • Commit to personal development training
  • Comply to our code of ethics, policies and procedures

How to Become a Volunteer

Adsis recruit volunteers all year round but only intake as the business needs require.

The procedure is as follows:

Contact the organisation for an application form

Tel: 01785 224771
Fax: 01785 249311
Email: training@adsis.org.uk

Return your completed application form. At specific dates application forms go through a shortlisting panel, if you are successful you will then be invited to a Interview / Selection Day, unfortunately we do not respond to applicants who have not been invited due to limited resources, although you are welcome to phone for feedback if you have not heard from us.

If you require any information or assistance whilst considering volunteering opportunities or with application forms, then please contact the Training Department at our Stafford HQ on 01785 224771 or email training@adsis.org.uk.