Volunteer Holistic Therapies Activity Assistant

2 weeks ago

Bury, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is a brand new volunteering role on our Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Bury.
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 inpatient services by supporting and encouraging our service users to take part in group activities.
**What the role involves**:

- With the support of staff deliver low level therapeutic holistic activities such as yoga, reiki, gentle exercise (qualifications in the activity needed)
- Encourage and support service users to participate in the therapeutic activity
- Provide assistance to the Therapy Team to ensure that activity resources are utilised and stored appropriately.

**DBS Level for this role is**: Enhanced with adult barred list
**The knowledge, skills and attributes required for the role**:
Qualification in the therapeutic activity you are providing
Experience/knowledge/interest in mental health.
Experience of working within mental health.
An empathetic and caring nature
Good organisation skills
Punctuality and reliability
What we hope you gain from the role
Our thanks and appreciation
New skills and knowledge
Satisfaction from helping others
**Please note**: To meet our Trust’s safeguarding obligations applicants for this volunteer role must be aged 18 or over.
We offer opportunities in other services for people aged 16 and 17, please contact the volunteer service to discuss these roles.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
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 Recruitment
Please 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

DBS checks for volunteers are free and the level of check is dependent on the role you are undertaking.
We look forward to you joining us and making a difference.

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