About
Caring Together is a leading charity supporting carers of all ages across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.
At Caring Together our vision is a world with no unpaid carer in crisis, isolated ...
Volunteer - Carer Hubs (Wisbech)
Contact person
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Summary
We are looking for volunteers to help support our carer hub in Wisbech.Detailed description
About Caring Together
Three in five of us will become a carer at some point in our life. Caring Together is an ambitious regional charity that provides emotional and practical support, advice and guidance to carers of all ages and their families, as well as opportunities to take a break from their caring role.
Our people
We employ around 150 people with approximately 50% of those delivering homecare in local communities. We are supported by a growing number of volunteers who contribute their time to our work.
Summary of the role
As part of a team you will help to provide support and welcome to carers and the people they care for in carer groups and activities at carers hubs. This will involve taking part in activities such as craft, music, information sessions and cafes for carers. It will also involve supporting carers to identify what help and support would make a difference in their caring role.
This volunteering role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant difference to the lives of carers and those they care for in your local community.
Where you will be based
Wisbech
What you will do
• Welcoming and supporting carers and their families in groups/activities.
• Providing information and signposting to carers about the help and support they can access.
• Undertake training and personal development to improve knowledge and skills around supporting carers and their families.
• To follow and work to Caring Together policies and procedures at all times including health and safety, safeguarding, equal opportunities, code of conduct and confidentiality.
• To act as an ambassador for Caring Together at all times.
• To contribute to the ‘housekeeping’ of the carers hubs, including the setting up of rooms and maintaining a welcoming, clean, tidy and safe environment.
• To report any concerns about the service or service users immediately to the carer advisor - communities.
Your commitment
• Availability required: approximately four hours per month (TBC).
• Carrying out the role in accordance with Caring Together policies.
• Reporting any concerns about the service or service users immediately to your link supervisor.
• A willingness to attend training and supervision/support meetings as agreed.
Benefits to the volunteer
• Gaining new skills, both practically and personally.
• The satisfaction of knowing you are making an important and valued difference to someone’s life/the work of Caring Together.
• Meeting new people and be part of a friendly team.
• Gaining valuable experience in the social care field within a voluntary organisation.
Our commitment to you
• The opportunity to use and enhance your existing skills and develop new, transferable skills.
• Reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses.
What we need from you
• A desire to make a difference to people’s lives.
• Be friendly and enjoy meeting and supporting people.
• Good verbal/written communication skills.
• Good listening and conversation skills.
• Be committed, reliable and trustworthy.
• Be understanding and respectful.
• An ability to demonstrate patience and sensitivity.
• Like working as part of a team.
• Enhanced DBS, if you don’t have one, we will provide one for you.
Skills and experience
• No experience is needed.
Get in touch
If you think this opportunity could be for you, we would love to hear from you.
About Caring Together Charity
At Caring Together our vision is a world with no unpaid carer in crisis, isolated or struggling alone. You can join us in working to make this vision a reality for people who are looking after a family member or friend.
If you are an unpaid carer, we are here to help you. We are here to give you information and advice, and to provide services and support, to make your caring role more manageable, to benefit you and the person you support.
There are over 150,000 unpaid carers across the region covered by the charity: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Peterborough, and tens of thousands are caring alone behind closed doors. More than three in five of us will become an unpaid carer at some point in our life. We will look after a family member or friend who needs our help because of illness, disability, poor mental health or addiction. Despite how common caring is, many unpaid carers feel they are on their own.
Unpaid carers often find themselves plunged into a caring role with little warning, and feel completely overwhelmed by the heavy responsibilities they shoulder. Many are exhausted from looking after their husband, wife, partner, parent, sibling or child for hours every day, sometimes in addition to trying to hold down a job or bring up children.
We need your help to make sure that even more carers in our local communities receive the practical and emotional support that they need.
Caring Together is a network partner of Carers Trust and has grown significantly over the past ten years, providing more services and more help for family carers and their families across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.