Holocaust Survivors Centre - Lunch Party Coordinator
HSC Lunch Party Coordinator
Various locations in private homes
Role Summary: The HSC Lunch Party Coordinator helps organise monthly Holocaust Survivor Centre lunches which are held at private homes belonging to volunteer hosts, across London and the surrounding areas. This role involves coordinating the practical arrangements, including booking hosts and drivers, inviting guests, and attending the lunches to help ensure everything runs smoothly.
By creating a warm, welcoming and supportive atmosphere, the Coordinator helps guests enjoy a meaningful afternoon out, connect with others, and feel valued as part of the community.
Time Commitment: The lunches take place once a month for two hours, but you would need to get there a bit early and stay afterwards to help clean up. The coordination of the lunches should take approx. 4-5 hours a month. The lunches usually start at 12.30pm and run until 2.30pm.
How this role makes a difference: Volunteering for Supportive Communities HSC lunches is a great way to make a huge impact in a short amount of time. By coordinating the lunches, you are enabling some of the older, more isolated members of our community to enjoy an afternoon out, connect with others and make friendships and memories.
What you’ll be doing in this role:
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Working alongside another coordinator and HSC Lunches team.
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Planning and booking hosts and drivers each month, up to six months in advance.
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Inviting the guests to each lunch.
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Planning ahead for Birthdays and Jewish Festivals
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Acting as a point of contact for the hosts if they have any concerns.
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Attending the lunches and helping the host host, greet, and serve if required.
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Treating what you see and hear as confidential and sensitive.
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Keeping us up to date with how the lunches are going and reporting registers after each lunch.
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Reporting any concern to the relevant teams
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Keeping records updates as required
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Following Jewish Care’s policies and procedures - designed to keep you and the client we support safe and happy. We’ve got guidance around safeguarding, lone working, confidentiality and role boundaries to help with this. We’ll ask you to sign-in to say you understand them.
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Representing the charity well to the wider public.
Skills and experience required:
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Adequate computer skills to include email, Excel, and Microsoft Word.
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A nice telephone manner and persona with a clear speaking voice.
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Good organisational skills.
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To be able to confidently engage with a diverse range of people and enjoy helping others.
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A strong understanding and of issues that affect people in later life.
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Reliability, consistency and dependability.
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Good conversational and listening skills.
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Patience, empathy and a non-judgemental attitude.
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The ability to work independently and as part of a team, to 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:
Relevant 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.
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 get the chance to develop skills, build confidence and make new friends.
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Enhance the lives of older people, making a real difference to the Jewish Community we support.
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Be part of a great team and make new friends.
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Build your confidence and develop transferable skills.
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Access to a comprehensive training programme designed for the social care environment.
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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:
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Older people
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People with Mental Health needs
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Holocaust Survivors
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People who are living with Dementia
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People with physical and sensory disabilities
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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.
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.
If you have any questions at all about this role or about volunteering with Jewish Care, please contact us in the details below:
volunteering@jcare.org 020 8922 2405.
