Senior Policy Officer (Closing Thursday 15 June) Salary: £35,411 – 37,261 (NJC 29-31) The Senior Policy Officer will assist in the development and delivery of VOYPIC’s policy advocacy strategy, ensuring that it is underpinned by evidence and research, and the views and experiences of care-experienced children and young people. This will include policy and …
VOYPIC Young Women Celebrate Good Relations Awards Success Young women from the VOYPIC Young Women’s Peer Support Group have been named as Runners-Up in the Youth Award category at this year’s Good Relations Awards. Organised by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (NICRC), the Good Relations Awards recognise exceptional achievements in promoting community relations, intercultural …
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The VOYPIC offices will close on Friday 23 December 2022, re-opening on Tuesday 3 January 2023 Support will be available between Wednesday 28 and Friday 30 December, by calling 028 9024 4888. At other times, support is available from: Lifeline – 0808 808 8000 Childline – 0800 1111 Emergency Social Work Service – 028 9504 …
A group of young care experienced women supported by VOYPIC are coming together to host a pre-Christmas swap shop, to support children in families in Northern Ireland and the Philippines. Care to Swap will take place on Thursday 15 December, 5.30pm – 8pm, at 100GPS, Belfast’s new dedicated youth space for young people with lived experience …
We’re calling for all Christmas family time visits to be agreed by Monday 12 December 2022. We are a group of young people in care. Each week we meet at VOYPIC and talk about the things that are important to us. Recently we have been talking about Christmas, and how much it means for us …
A group of young people from VOYPIC – Voice of Young People in Care- hosted a special Tea Party Meet & Greet on Tuesday 21 June in the Long Gallery, Stormont. The young people welcomed new and returning MLAs from the across the NI Assembly Chamber, talking to them about the work of VOYPIC, their …
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JobStart – Peer Support Workers We’re looking for two care experienced young people, aged 21-25 years old, to join our team! Through the Department for Communities JobStart programme, we are recruiting two part-time Peer Support Workers, to help us achieve extraordinary things for children in and leaving care. Each post is part-time (25 hours/week) …
MY MEETING: YOUNG PEOPLE’S STANDARDS FOR PARTICIPATION IN REVIEW MEETINGS MY MEETING: YOUNG PEOPLE’S STANDARDS FOR PARTICIPATION IN REVIEW MEETINGS In the run-up to Care Day 2022 a presentation has taken place at Stormont aiming to change how planning and review meetings, for children and young people living in and leaving care, are held. The …
Leading children’s charity needs your help to support young care leavers across the local area. Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC) is calling for volunteer mentors, to help young people living in their local community. Anyone interested can sign-up online to find out more at www.voypic.org/volunteer by Friday 4 March. VOYPIC has almost thirty years’ experience …
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CARE DAY is the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience. This group includes children and young people who are or were cared for by foster carers, or other family members, and those who live in children’s homes. They deserve to be celebrated, on CARE DAY, and every day. The first …
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