JEWISH CARE

Challah Packing Volunteer for The Holocaust Survivors’ Centre, Golders Green

Role Summary: Jewish Care delivers around 90 challah each week to Holocaust Survivors across North West London. The role is to help pack the challahs in preparation of the deliveries. You will pack individually wrapped challahs into paper bags and then follow a spreadsheet to arrange them in order of locality ready for our volunteer drivers to collect and deliver.

Time Commitment: Thursday mornings weekly from 7am- approx. 8am. Maximum 1 hour.  

How this role makes a difference:

This is a hugely important role allowing members the opportunity to mark Shabbat. Many of our members are less mobile and unable to go to the bakery weekly to pick up their challahs. Helping us prepare for this important service is a huge mitzvah. This outreach work also allows us to visit our members regularly and use this time for a welfare check.

What you’ll be doing in this role:

• Arrive at Amelie House for 7am
• Pack challahs into bags
• Follow spreadsheets to order and place challah bags into larger white bags so they are arranged by locality
• Place packed bags onto trolley and take it to the first floor first floor ready for volunteer drivers to collect

Skills & experience required:

• Reliability and dependability
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to follow lists and spreadsheet
  
  

Induction, Learning & Development:
Training is provided so that 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 Driver 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.

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