Volunteer Estates Assistant - Colchester, United Kingdom - St Helena Hospice

St Helena Hospice

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Colchester, United Kingdom

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St Helena Volunteers

VOLUNTEER ROLE DESCRIPTION

Role Title Volunteer Estates Assistant

Department/Shop Estates & Facilities Team

Location Myland Hall, Colchester

Reporting To Estates Manager

Volunteering at St Helena

We ask that all volunteers are sympathetic to and be able to project the philosophy, vision and values of St Helena.

The benefits of being a St Helena volunteer include:

The opportunity to develop new and existing skills and gain experience in the workplace
The opportunity to make new friends in your local community
The satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference to people facing incurable illness or bereavement
Full support of a specified line manager within a dedicated team
Volunteering has been proven to help improve mental health and wellbeing and is therapeutic by keeping you active
Regular news and updates about what's happening at St Helena so you feel part of the team
Gives you a sense of purpose the feel good factor

Role summary
To participate as a member of the Estates Team covering general maintenance, Gardening,
Porter and health and safety duties.

Some members of the team will be trained to use the ride on mower or use electric mowers to keep the grass trim.

A good level of fitness is required for this role.

Main duties of the role

To undertake simple maintenance PPM (planned preventative maintenance)
To Help Maintain the garden and pond
To undertake tasks such as sweeping external areas, jet washing of car park, removal of weeds, Hedge trimming,
To assist the Estates team with the delivery of goods to other hospice sites
When required to act as porter, e.g. taking blood specimens etc to the Colchester Hospital, collecting blood, transporting patients and delivering or collecting goods as required.
To assist the maintenance team with the setting up and down of rooms for meetings, ensuring all furniture and equipment requested is supplied
Lawns to be mown on a weekly basis either with the ride on or electric mowers by trained members of the team.
To report any maintenance, security or health and safety issues to the maintenance team
To always wear personal protective equipment required for any task
To liaise with contractors and suppliers as required
Keep all plant pots watered and water other areas as needed
To respect at all times the confidentiality of information
To respect at all times the confidentiality of information

covering patients, staff and volunteers