16 hour donations volunteer

Supporting Tasks

To support the team to:

·      Organise the safe and appropriate receipt of donated items.

·      Complete appropriate records and receipts.

·      Check donations for suitability.

·      Ensure items are stored appropriately for access as required.

·      Complete logs and records as required.

·      Meet all health and safety requirements within the environment.

Benefits of volunteering

·      An opportunity to gain experience of working within a team reliant environment.

·      To build skills and confidence

·      Access to training provided by St Martins as available.

·      An opportunity to gain references on request dependent on experience and position applied for

Person specification:

·      Ability to lead by example.

·      Numeracy and literacy minimum level 2

·      A willingness to learn.

·      A desire to provide judgement free services to the people we support.

·      An ability to liaise in a professional manner with statutory bodies.

·      An ability to listen and pass on information.

·      Ability to communicate with others including the people we support, team members and external organisations,

·      Ability to understand issues from other people’s point of view.

·      An understanding of professional boundaries and the importance of confidentiality

·      A willingness to read, understand and abide by our policies and procedures.

A driving licence would be an advantage.

Training

·      Service specific delivered by Head of Life Skills