Our Activity Volunteer will ensure the smooth running of our soft play area and events within the unit. - Monitoring and supervision of our soft play and events to ensure that children are playing and engaging safely - To greet, help and serve customers in a friendly and enthusiastic manner - Management of booking systems, recording details and ensuring security of the area - Responsibility for cleaning the soft play area, ensuring the area is safe and clean before and during use - Fundraising: providing visitors with information on GCHC fundraising and events

The Machan Trust are seeking volunteers to work alongside a Children's Worker to support and engage primary school children in their schools while they attend activity groups during their lunch time. Volunteers will support the Children's Worker to deliver lunch time activity groups to children in primary schools across the Larkhall area. Children within the primary schools are given the opportunity to come to the group after they have eaten lunch to take part in a variety of activities and supported play. The volunteers will be asked to assist by chatting to the children and building relationships with them, while encouraging them to take part in activities.

Key duties: • Physiotherapy prescribed activities for identified patients • Social interaction and support through activity • Check the safety of the walking aid prior to use • Encouragement and motivation to carry out exercises and walking activity • Promote physical activity opportunities with identified patientsTo ensure • Referring any patient concerns about their clinical care to a nurse Personal specification: • Volunteers must be 18 or over or young people aged 17 – 18 undertaking a recognised youth programme e.g. Duke of Edinburgh This is not a clinical role and you will not be shadowing or assisting staff • Ability to change direction of work to meet new demands • Good listening and communication skills are essential • Patience and composure • A caring, sympathetic, sensitive manner and a non-judgemental approach • Reliable/ dependable and flexible • Understanding of confidentiality • Have a positive outlook and enthusiastic approach • Ability to motivate patients to actively engage in exercises as identified Additional requirements and general information • Successful placement will be dependent on Disclosure Scotland PVG and Occupational health clearances plus two character references • Maintain patient confidentiality at all times • Volunteers should not: undertake duties outside this role description without checking first with the Volunteer Manager; undertake any manual handling tasks without the appropriate training; undertake patients’ personal or clinical care • A volunteer can offer emotional support and empathy but must under no circumstances offer advice of medical opinion on a patient’s treatment • Volunteers are in place to complement the work of the paid staff and are not used to replace roles that are normally undertaken by paid hospital employees • Volunteers are bound by the ‘Volunteer Agreement’ which should be signed and returned to the Volunteer Manager prior to undertaking this role • You will be required to undertake training relevant to the role including: corporate induction; role training prior to ward placement and other training as identified for the role whilst on placement

Portobello Monday Centre is a small lunch/social club which meets every Monday and gives dementia-sufferers (members) the chance to enjoy a meal and socialise with others. Volunteers help to set up the hall and serve morning tea/coffee with home baking, followed later by lunch. They assist in the running of various activities, such as, singing, quizzes, quoits and Kurling, and also help on the bus that brings members to the Centre and takes them home again at the end of the session.