Youth Champion

Youth Champions are Healthwatch Sunderland's young volunteers (aged 16-24), who help us to communicate with other young people in Sunderland, to find out what they think and to find out if services for young people are doing a good job.

Youth Champions will help Healthwatch Sunderland by:

• Representing & spreading the word about Healthwatch Sunderland in the local community
• Encouraging young people to share their feelings about Sunderland health and care services
• Visiting local health and care services to look at how well they work with young people
• Helping to influence our work that aims to make health and social care services better for children and young people
• Helping advise Healthwatch Sunderland and other services how they can be more "child and young people friendly"
• Work with a team to report your findings and maybe work with the service to help them make things better in the future

Skills

• Have good listening and verbal skills
• Have enthusiasm and a positive, proactive approach
• Keen to get young people's voices heard
• Be non-judgemental
• Value people as individuals, respecting difference and diversity
• Be reliable and display good time keeping
• Be interested in developing new skills and willing to undergo any necessary training
• Live or study in Sunderland