Quality Assurance Volunteer in Portishead

Quality Assurance Volunteer (Mini Police and Cadet Units )

Are you passionate about supporting great experiences for young people. Helpour Youth Programmes to shine by becoming our Quality Champion!

We are looking for a group of volunteers who are willing to make a long-term commitment to this role by providing independent scrutiny, quality assurance and a non policing perspective to our youth activities. This will ensure a safe experience for young people as well as evidence to demonstrate our compliance with the National VPC Safe to Operate Standards. We hope to find a volunteer who can make approximately 5 visits every 3 months.

Location – Forcewide.

Some of the requirements of the role:

• Ability to travel independently to an external location (e.g. school, college, public premises etc).
• Comprehensively and sensitively assess youth programme activities (to include organisation, relevant documentation and delivery) in order to identify both risks and best practice.
• Document findings in a timely manner using templates.

Skills required:

• Experience or knowledge of youth activities and Basic IT skills (Microsoft office) are essential for the role.
• Experience of quality assurance is desirable.
• Previous knowledge or experience of safeguarding and the confidence to elevate concerns is desirable.
• Ability to document findings accurately and concisely using a template.
  If you would like to learn more about this volunteering role before you apply please contact Kate.Masters@avonandsomerset.police.uk

Recruitment Process:

Application: The closing date to submit applications is 13th January 2026.

Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to in-person interview.

Don’t assume that we know anything about you! There is plenty of space so tell us about your knowledge, skills and experience from all areas of your life that relate to being a Quality Assessor.

Our electronic recruitment system asks you to provide 5 years of employment history, please disregard this. As part of our Safer Recruitment procedures you must provide details of ALL employment/ education/ voluntary roles you have ever held and details about any gaps when you were not working/studying. The system will allow you to add as many roles as you need to.

References and Vetting:

Avon and Somerset Police are committed to safeguarding and operate safer recruitment processes. This role requires that at least one of your references is able to comment on your interactions with children and/or young people in a personal, voluntary or employment capacity. Please ensure that you consider this when completing your application.

This role involves responsibility for young people that will require completion of an enhanced DBS and checking of the list of those barred from working with children.

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 5 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.

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About us

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We recognise the benefit different life experience and perspectives can bring.

We are on a journey to become the most inclusive police force in the country.

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Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure their application is considered.