Weekly Volunteer to assist at piano recitals / Activity evenings
Weekly Volunteer to assist at piano recitals / Activity evenings
Wohl Court, Hendon
Role Summary: Wohl Court in Hendon is seeking a volunteer weekly to help on Wednesday evenings. The volunteer is required to help facilitate a fortnightly quiz, bingo, games night or run an activity from Jewish Care’s activity resource library (can be at the volunteer’s discretion as discussed with team) and then on alternate weeks, help at our fortnightly piano recitals by greeting and welcoming tenants, offering refreshments and being on hand to help tenants enjoy the evenings. This a weekly role with two different activities taking place on alternate weeks.
Time Commitment: Fortnightly Wednesdays 6.30-8.30pm.
How this role makes a difference: Activities and events such as classes, sessions, musical performances, film evenings, and discussion groups are an important part of life at Wohl Court. This role is to be on site to welcome tenants attending these activities and events in order to provide a warm and welcoming atmosphere and to help ensure the piano recitals run smoothly, and then to facilitate an enjoyable, fun and informal evening on the alternate weeks.
What you’ll be doing in this role:
- Welcoming guests on arrival and ticking off attendees on the guest list
- Providing a warm welcome
- Setting up the room (when required)
- Making refreshments
- Facilitating a quiz/bingo/games night or run an activity from Jewish Care’s activity resource library (this can be discussed with the team and can be at volunteer’s discretion
- Supporting the team as required
- Helping towards the smooth running of the activity
Skills & experience required:
- A warm and friendly demeaner
- Patience, reliability, consistency, and dependability
- ‘Can do’ attitude and willingness to help with whatever is required
- Confidently engage with a diverse range of people and enjoy helping others
- Organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- The ability to work independently but also stay within the role’s boundaries – recognising what should and shouldn’t be done and when to seek advice or report concerns.
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.
- Agreed ‘‘essential training’’ to be entered here – Training Matrix.
- 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
Our aim is to enable people to enjoy a first-class experience as volunteers, making the most of their skills to make an impact on the communities that Jewish Care serve.
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.
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.
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 would like to find out more about this role or others, please do not hesitate to contact us: 020 8922 2405 or by email to volunteering@jcare.org
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.
