JEWISH CARE

Challah Delivery Drivers for Holocaust Survivors

Role Summary: This role is to collect challahs from Jewish Care on a Thursday. Challahs to be delivered to Holocaust survivors across North West London on a Thursday/ Friday.  Collection points are at Amelie House, Golders Green and a base in Edgware.

Collection from Golders Green is available from 9.30am – 4pm on Thursdays. Edgware times tbc. Please note, we would like all challahs deliveries to be fulfilled before 5pm on Thursday and before Shabbat on a Friday.

Areas currently requiring deliveries as a high-priority include:

• Wembley
• Harrow
• Willesden Green
• St Johns Wood

We also require back up drivers in the following areas:

• Barnet
• Whetstone
• Hatch End
• Northwood 
• NW11

Time Commitment:  You will be required to deliver challah every week (excluding holidays as arranged with volunteer manager). The time commitment will vary depending on the number of challahs being delivered and location/s.

How this role makes a difference:
This project has been designed to help members mark Shabbat and combat loneliness and isolation and ensure that the Holocaust survivors that we look after all feel loved and cared for.

What you’ll be doing in this role:

• Collecting challahs from Jewish Care on a Thursday or Friday
• Calling ahead to clients before delivery
• Driving and delivering to members homes
• Feedback to project leads regarding status of delivery and client update

Skills & experience you required:

• Reliability and dependability ensuring you can commit to length of project
• Confidently engaging with older adults
• Good conversational skills
• Full drivers license and insured car – Jewish Care will provide specific driver training
• Jewish Care DBS needed

Induction, Learning & Development:
Training is available so volunteers can carry out their roles to the highest professional standards, develop new skills, build confidence, make new friends and take on new and increasingly responsible tasks. 

Jewish Care will provide the following training, essential for this role:

• Provide you with access to a Volunteer Handbook and all Policies and Procedures.
• Provide Induction Training:  Getting to know Jewish Care, Communication & Disability Awareness, Boundaries & Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Health & Safety, GDPR.
• Provide Drive Training

• Provide on the job induction.

Benefits of Volunteering with Jewish Care:

Without our volunteers, we simply couldn’t function.  We absolutely depend on you.  Whatever your age, disability, whether you are working, unemployed or retired, there are opportunities to help at Jewish Care.

As well as helping others you’ll get the chance to develop skills, build confidence and make new friends.

• Enhance the lives of older people, making a real difference to the Jewish Community we support.
• Be part of a great team and make new friends.
• Build your confidence and develop transferable skills.
• Access to a comprehensive training programme designed for the social care environment.
• Gain valuable experience and enhance your CV

Why get involved with Jewish Care?
The work of Jewish Care and the services we provide to our community are vital.  We touch the lives of 10,000 people each week, with everything we do being underpinned by our Jewish values and ethics.  We provide services to:

• Older people
• People with Mental Health needs
• Holocaust Survivors
• People who are living with Dementia
• People with physical and sensory disabilities
• People who care for others

We can only do this thanks to our amazing professional staff of 1,400 and the 3,000 dedicated volunteers who help make our work possible.

Next Steps to becoming a volunteer at Jewish Care:

Step 1:
Please complete an expression of interest form for this role, which will automatically create a profile on our volunteer management system.  After you have applied, we will be in touch to discuss this role in more detail.

If you would prefer to speak with someone from the Volunteers Team to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:  020 8922 2405.

Step 2:
Following a successful conversation, with a member of the Volunteers Team or Hiring Manager you will be invited for an interview (and asked to bring identification with you).

Step 3:
Following a successful interview, you will be offered the volunteering role and asked to add further information into your volunteer profile, providing two references and completing a DBS (previously CRB) application form online.  Additional paperwork may need to be completed for some roles e.g. volunteer driver.

This is a voluntary position that supports the work or our services and is not replacing the work of a paid member of staff.  This role does not form any part of any contract of employment.

Step 4: 
You will be invited to attend mandatory Volunteer Induction Training. Training is to enable volunteers to carry out roles to the highest professional standards, develop skills, build confidence and meet other new volunteers

Step 5:  Mazel-tov/Congratulations!
Once we have received and recorded a suitable DBS, satisfactory references and training has been completed, you are officially part of the Jewish Care Volunteer network!

If you have any questions at all about volunteering with Jewish Care,  please contact volunteering@jcare.org or telephone 020 8922 2405.