Community Exercise Champion
Are you interested in working with individuals to improve their strength and balance and minimise their risk of falls?
An exciting new Voluntary Role has been created and we are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people to be part of the community-based volunteering team across Swindon. Supporting people at risk of falls within the community to remain in their homes and support them with an exercise programme to help restore their health, wellbeing and independence and to remain living in their own homes and being part of their local community with as much enjoyment as possible.
You will work alongside physiotherapists carrying out functional assessments and interventions in order to help our patients live as independently as possible. These interventions will include encouraging and verbally supporting individuals to complete their prescribed exercise programme, discussing and encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and signposting to ongoing community-based activities where appropriate.
The Community Exercise Champions service will provide a programme of exercise and emotional support to people at risk of falls. It is focussed on bridging the gap between hospital and community rehabilitation services and providing support to frailer adults identified at of at risk of falls in the community.
Currently the waiting time between referral and first visit for Community Rehabilitation is over a year in which time a patient’s confidence, health and wellbeing can severely deteriorate if their functional activity is not supported.
Volunteers will visit a patient in their home once a week for eight weeks where they encourage and support individuals to complete their exercises as assigned by a physiotherapist and are in their exercise programme guide.
This role is only available for Volunteers 18 years of age and over.th
