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Volunteer Living History Assistant
About The Role
By providing an excellent visitor experience as a member of the Living History team, you will be bringing wetlands throughout history, and the history of the mere to life by delivering key messages about how important wetlands are for food, materials, medicine and livelihoods. This encourages our visitors to make the most of their visit to Martin Mere, and to understand and support our work to save wetlands for wildlife and people.
Volunteers are an essential part of the WWT team. You’ll get a warm welcome, including information on training, equipment and anything else you need.
If you are interested in volunteering for WWT but don’t wish to apply online, please email us or give us a call and leave us a message with your name and number.
Just to let you know, some of our roles are very popular. To help our teams and minimise disappointment for people kind enough to want to support us, we might take roles down before the closing date if we get a lot of applications. If you do miss a role, or are looking for something particular, you can sign up to opportunity alerts.
About You
No previous experience is required as training will be provided. However this role will suit you if you have a love of wildlife and the outdoors and are:
- A good knowledge of local history
- Confident or experienced in delivering talks
- Able to work in a team of staff and volunteers
- Experience in a customer related role would be advantageous
- Able to communicate well to a diverse range of audiences
- Familiar with Martin Mere centre
Please note, this role is not suitable for Under 18’s.
About Us
We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.
Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.
Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?
Why you’ll love volunteering at WWT
- Feel good knowing you are helping to restore wetlands, and our world
- Be surrounded and inspired by like-minded wetland lovers
- Hear from the people who inject their energy, passion and expertise into wetlands and wildlife – talks, walks, webinars, tea and cake…
- Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
- Volunteer discount on shopping and memberships
- Access to webinars and practical information to help you manage daily life
How to Apply
For more information on this role, and others, and to apply please visit our website.
Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you!
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Role description and purpose: The role involves offering moral and some practical support to a client of WTRRP. Any complex needs are addressed by WTRRP Case Workers and professional organisations, not befrienders. Befrienders will give client extra support to combat isolation, extra language support and help them to integrate into UK society and the Watford community.
How a befriender will be allocated: The Befriending Coordinators and the Volunteers’ Coordinator will allocate a befriender to a client with his/her explicit agreement. An initial meeting between the client, the befriender and one of the coordinators will be organised to set up parameters and ensure that both parties are happy to continue. Client support can be terminated at any time by mutual agreement and in consultation with one of the Befriending Coordinators.
Key responsibilities:
· Provide moral support to allocated client.
· Make regular phone calls and visits (in a neutral place such as cafes, libraries, St Mary’s as agreed with the client) – once a week or every other week.
· Listen, encourage and empower clients. (It is important not to create mutual dependency)
· Maintain a friendly but neutral approach.
· Help client integrate into UK society by sharing local knowledge, for example facilitating access to Children Centres, libraries etc.
· Accompany client to social events organised by WTRRP.
· Help client be aware of WTRRP services
· Offer practical help such as lifts to medical appointments (if comfortable with this), finding clothes, furniture, moving (if agreed and organised by WTRR) etc.
· Report to a Befriending Coordinator after each meeting with the client.
· Identify more complex needs/issues and relay these to the Befriending Coordinators.
· Report any safeguarding concerns immediately as per WTRRP policy. Liaise with the Safeguarding Lead and/or members of the Committee.
· Represent WTRRP and work constructively as part of a WTRRP team.
Other Requirements of the Role:
· Willingness to commit to a 6 months period (an extension may be granted but we would like to see clients become self-reliant)
· Reasonable availability, particularly during weekdays.
· Attend regular Befrienders’ training and volunteers’ training essential.
Skills and personal qualities:
· Strong communicator and interpersonal skills (including ability to convey information in simple English).
· Patience
· Reliability and flexibility
· Awareness of non-verbal communication such as body language.
· Awareness of cultural differences/unconscious bias and their effects on the clients we support. Training will be given on these.
· Awareness of boundaries.
· Ability to work as part of a team.
· Empathy for the plight of refugees and asylum seekers.
Experience:
· Previous volunteering experience an advantage
