Could you become a volunteer and help make important decisions for children and young people?

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is looking for compassionate and empathetic people who are good listeners to volunteer as Panel Members.Panel Members make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people in Scotland.More than 2,100 volunteers already serve in Scotland’s unique children’s hearings.

At every children’s hearing there are always three volunteer, lay Panel Members and it is their role to: listen to the child or young person’s views, understand their circumstances, and ultimately make legal decisions about how to best protect and care for themThere were 21,613 children’s hearings held in 2023/2024 across Scotland.If you are a good listener, have empathy, can build trust and show compassion, volunteering for Children’s Hearings Scotland may be the role for you.Elliot Jackson, National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland, said: "No matter where you are in Scotland, and whatever your background, if you are compassionate, empathetic, a good listener and can build trust then I encourage you to apply to join our wonderful Panel community."Scotland’s children, young people and their families who need our protection most, need you.’Children’s Hearings Scotland is a forward-looking, inclusive organisation, one that puts the views of children and young people at the heart of everything it does – including recruitment.The organisation is investing significant resources in making sure the views of children and young people shape hearings now and in the future.Trust, empathy, compassion and being a good listener are the key qualities the young people are looking for in a Panel Member.Volunteering is very rewarding and Panel Members can make a difference to young people in your area.It can also