Description
Support people to attend regular social activities and connect to their community.
You could be driving people to their local centre, offering lunches, healthy snacks and a good blether, and tailoring support through social activities.
If you'd like to have a positive effect on people in your community, this is the role for you.
The role is flexible and works around your skills and talents. The aim is to work towards supporting older people to enjoy a social environment and have an opportunity to reduce social isolation and loneliness. The role can be split into areas of purpose, across the session, where you offer an hour one week and maybe more the next.
Skills and talents that could be advantageous to the social centre service provision include:
Support in setting the venue session to meet the needs of the day.
Meet, great welcome – serving a snack and cuppa/drink on arrival.
Having conversations that engages and connects within our core value to care and protect.
Supporting and delivering stimulating activities that sparks brilliance, fun and engagement.
The importance of strong teamwork that coordinates light cleaning, kitchen duties and serving meals.
Playing a music instrument, being creative with household waste, reading stories / poems
Encouraging, supporting and delivering a shared group activity, with the aim of supporting client to leave the session, having good fun, banter and a feeling of value and worth.
Supporting the end of session closedown, ensuring clients leave safely and light cleaning duties.
Organisation aims and objectives
Every day Royal Voluntary Service helps thousands of older people to live the life they want. We provide practical services in homes, in hospitals and in communities all across England, Scotland and Wales so people can be independent and active. Royal Voluntary Service is one of the largest voluntary organisations and much of our work is supporting older people. We provide practical solutions to the everyday problems of loneliness and isolation. Volunteers are vital to the work of Royal Voluntary Service. Without them Royal Voluntary Service simply wouldn't exist. Our volunteers come from all walks of life, men or women, young or older and we've got something for everyone, including specialist roles such as this. Anyone who volunteers for Royal Voluntary Service knows that they are joining a charity which people trust - our style is practical, positive, personal and professional. Royal Voluntary Service is committed to being an Investing in Volunteers organisation.
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1 hour per week
Restrictions
May require a PVG if taking on a lead volunteer role.
Experience required: Working with people - people skills.
Verbal communication skills.
Social intelligence – caring, empathic, and enabling.
Planning, organising and reviewing – self-management and ensuring tasks and activities are delivered on time.
Problem-solver and solution focused.
Person-centred and relationship-based practice.
Travel details: St Andrews Leckie Parish Church, Eastgate, Peebles, Scottish Borders
Minimum age: 14
Support
Expenses paid: Yes
Expenses details: Travel Expenses provided.
Taster available: Yes
Training details: E-learning – to supplement safeguarding, health and safety and food safety requirements.
Support:
Named Contact For Volunteer