Who: Anyone aged 18+
Where: Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan
When: Flexible
Contacts: Frankie Hackett
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***We are currently only recruiting for Lead Volunteers for this scheme, the applications are now open and will close on Monday 19th September at 9:00 am. The applications for General Volunteers will open on Monday 26th September***
The NHS Placement Scheme is a valuable opportunity for volunteers to befriend and facilitate activities for adults with mental health-related conditions in clinical and residential settings across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. SVC are offering placements across 11 local NHS mental health wards. Placements will include experience in acute mental health, dementia and older people and rehabilitation and recovery.
Lead Volunteer Role:
Involvement in a highly-rewarding scheme:
Facilitate fun, stimulating and rewarding activities for inpatients (beneficiaries) in communal rooms on NHS mental health wards:
Lead Volunteers play an essential part in running the scheme and ensuring sessions go smoothly.
As a lead volunteer, with support from SVC staff, you will also be expected to: support SVC Staff in recruiting and vetting volunteers; allocate volunteers to projects and wards; and monitor the project budget and the attendance of volunteers on the project.
When the project is running, the role of a Lead Volunteer is to take the lead in facilitating activities on the wards; attend weekly sessions; support other volunteers and beneficiaries; and liaise with the SVC staff and NHS CAVUHB.
Please be aware that this is a challenging environment, supporting adults with mental health conditions can be emotional and distressing at times; SVC are here to support you but please consider this aspect before applying for this project. Volunteers do not need to have previous experience of being on an Acute Mental Health ward, but suitable volunteers will need to be tough-skinned and have an awareness of risk and their own level of ability.
Time Commitment and Location:
Volunteers will receive training, support, travel expenses, and invaluable experience for their CV.