Volunteer Group Support - Stockport, United Kingdom - Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Description
This is an exciting volunteering role with our Community Mental Health Team supporting Older Peoples Mental Health in Offerton, Stockport.
We are looking for a friendly, and enthusiastic person who has skills to help develop and run groups/activities within our Older Peoples Mental Health Services at The Meadows Hospital.
If you want to gain experience, improve your job prospects, or just want to give some of your time to help others, this volunteering role could be for you
The role is intended to enhance the experience of those people using our services by supporting and encouraging our service users to engage in the group.
What the role involves:
- To support and assist staff in the development and delivery of the groups offered by the service.
- Encourage and motivate attendees to participate in and maintain attendance at the group.
- To give administrative and technological support related to the groups delivered by the service.
- To support the maintenance of information on the service and other relevant services i.e. information leaflets, literature and session forms.
DBS Level for this role is: Enhanced with adult barred list
The knowledge, skills and attributes required for the role:
- Patience & a Caring Nature.
- Good communication skills.
- Punctuality and reliability.
- Living or lived experience of mental healt
- Our thanks and appreciation
- New skills and knowledge
- Satisfaction from helping others
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.
We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we are a great place to work.
Volunteer RecruitmentPlease be aware that due to the robust process, recruitment can sometimes take a few weeks.
Throughout the process you will have informal meetings with us and the service where you will be volunteering.
In addition to this we will require you to:
- Complete an identity (ID) check
- Complete a Disclosure and Barring Service* (DBS) check,
- Complete an Occupational health assessment
- Give details for two references
- Complete relevant training.
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
We look forward to you joining us and making a difference.
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