Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust's vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve. Our volunteers make a positive difference to the experience of our patients and families, visitors and staff.
For further information about our vacancies or about volunteering with us, please email volunteering@lscft.nhs.uk. To apply for a volunteer vacancy, click either the link at the end of the advert or click "Fill in an application" at the side. Please note, we can only accept applications for roles that are currently open.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust recognise and value the importance volunteer support is to us and our patients. Volunteering is usually a longer term commitment (for example 9 – 12 months) and on consistent days and times, e.g. Tuesday from 9am to 1pm
The aim of this role is to provide support to colleagues involved with the delivery of services and other essential activities, as well as providing valuable experience for volunteers. We ask that volunteers commit to at least one 4 hour shift per week, during the normal working hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. This volunteer placement is based at the Trust Headquarters in Walton Summit in Preston. Duties may include the following
Essential requirements for this role are:
To apply please click the link below
At Community Roots we recognise the importance of working side-by-side with people who have experience of accessing mental health services, or caring for someone who does.
Listening to and sharing our lived experiences of accessing care helps us to coproduce and co-deliver a wide range of preventative and recovery based health and wellbeing opportunities across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
If you have an interest in supporting others to prevent ill health or to support people in life beyond services, we have a range of opportunities available that ensure our Community Roots service is peer led:
If you have a kind and welcoming nature with an interest in supporting people in your local community, we would welcome your application to work alongside our compassionate and caring team.
We will:
Volunteer duties may also include:
Essential requirements for this role are:
It is desirable that applicants have lived experience as a person who has used or who has cared for someone who has used mental health services, so there is a level of shared experience and understanding with members when engaging with them. All volunteers must be able to make their own way to and from Community Roots sites. For this travel expenses will be reimbursed as an out of pocket expense.
Volunteers should have a welcoming demeanour with a strong sense of excellent customer service and be able to support people through demonstrable lived experience and recovery. All volunteers must have a good understanding of confidentiality, privacy and dignity and be able to act in accordance with Lancashire & South Cumbria’s Information Governance policy.
Volunteers must be able to understand and adhere with all Trust training offered.
For this role applicants must be over the age of 18
To apply please click the link below
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust recognise and value the importance volunteer support is to us and our patients. Volunteering is a long term commitment (for example 9 – 12 months), and to bring continuity and stability for patients and staff, we ask volunteer to support by doing the same periods each week, which are discussed and agreed by the volunteer and volunteer supervisor.
This volunteer role is to support the Mental Health Liaison Team at Blackpool Victoria Hospital with completion of Friends & Family Test (FFT) feedback. This feedback is important to the Trust as it helps us plan how we deliver our services by replicating what works well and improving what isn’t. The volunteer will support with sending out FFT cards to services users, assisting with collating the responses and inputting these onto the database. The volunteer will also be involved in gathering real time feedback by phoning a list of named people (who have given consent for a volunteer to contact them) and asking them the FFT survey questions listed on the form, documenting their responses and then inputting their feedback onto the database or directly inputting the feedback during the phone call.
A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this role. There is no cost to a volunteer for a DBS check. You must be over 18 years old to apply for this role.
Essential requirements for this role are:
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust recognise and value the importance volunteer support is to us and our patients. Volunteering is a long term commitment (for example 9 – 12 months), and to bring continuity and stability for patients and staff, we ask volunteer to support by doing the same periods each week, which are discussed and agreed by the volunteer and volunteer supervisor.
This volunteer role is to support the Initial Response Service at The Harbour with completion of Friends & Family Test (FFT) feedback. This feedback is important to the Trust as it helps us plan how we deliver our services by replicating what works well and improving what isn’t. The volunteer will support with sending out FFT cards to services users, assisting with collating the responses and inputting these onto the database. The volunteer will also be involved in gathering real time feedback by phoning a list of named people (who have given consent for a volunteer to contact them) and asking them the FFT survey questions listed on the form, documenting their responses and then inputting their feedback onto the database or directly inputting the feedback during the phone call.
A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this role. There is no cost to a volunteer for a DBS check. You must be over 18 years old to apply for this role.
Essential requirements for this role are:
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust recognise and value the importance volunteer support is to us and our patients. Volunteering is usually a longer term commitment (for example 9 – 12 months) and on consistent days and times, e.g. Tuesday from 9am to 1pm
The post holder would provide a voluntary hairdressing service for some of our inpatients at Guild Lodge in Whittingham. The volunteer hairdresser will only cut service user’s hair.
This will take place in the dedicated Barbers Shop at The Guild with equipment and products being provided. A volunteer will be supported by a member of staff at all times and a full security induction will be provided. As this is a volunteer role, we can only pay travel expenses and cannot make any payment in respect of time given.
Volunteers must be 18 and over for this and an Enhanced DBS will be applied for. There is no charge to a volunteer for a DBS application.
Essential requirements for this role are:
Volunteers are an integral part of the NHS, and have been since it was founded in 1948. They provide support for staff and patients, and bring enthusiasm and differing skills to their roles. Volunteering offers an ideal opportunity for members of the local community to be engaged in activities that can support the development of skills and build confidence.
The volunteers we have within Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust (LSCFT) are no exception. Their dedication and commitment is exemplary and the impact they have cannot be underestimated, no matter role they carry out. Volunteers provide support to LSCFT by complementing the role of employed staff and enhancing our services. They make a unique and valuable contribution to the people using our services, visitors and staff but they do not replace staff.
