Adults activities coordinator volunteer roles in Cardiff
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Volunteer Role: Event Volunteer
Location: Across Wales
Frequency: A few hours across the year
Reporting to: Adoption Community Manager
Safeguarding: Enhanced DBS
Events organised by Adoption UK Cymru are facilitated face to face or virtual meetings/events run by community group coordinators (who are volunteers) or the Adoption Community Manager. The events are run to offer local networking, support, information, advice, guidance and a sense of community for adoption UK members.
Events are held at different points during the year, and the frequency is dependent on the availability of the Adoption Community Manager or our Community Group Volunteers.
What you will be doing
There could be a range of tasks depending on the event and your preferences. You could be setting up equipment and displays or helping to check in families on arrival at an event or supporting activities with children or adults. You will be a welcoming face and point of contact for families during an event.
The Skills and Experience you need
·Enthusiasm
·A friendly manner
·Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
·Ability to work as part of a team
·Ability to respect and understand the need for confidentiality
·Flexible and adaptable approach to work
·Positive and motivated attitude to work
·Professional approach
·Ability to respect other people’s differences and choices
·Confidence to work independently and the ability to recognise when to ask for support or raise concerns if required
What’s in it for you
·Meet new people and be part of helping adopted young people to thrive
·Access to the online family members area and the opportunity to attend relevant training and development opportunities
·Use and develop your communication, organisational and people skills
·Receive an induction, relevant training, the support you need to carry out the role and agreed out-of-pocket expenses
Safeguarding role requirements: All applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS
Registered Charity
51 - 100
Adoption UK is the leading charity for adopted and care experienced people and adoptive families.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Dementia Services supports people to live independently and safely at home for as long as possible, stay socially engaged and carry on doing what they love. The service supports Camden residents over the age of 55 in the early or moderate stages of dementia.
We offer clients from the Dementia Services (befriending and wellbeing) a short performance or creative activity delivered by a volunteer visual artist, musician, dancer, actor, performer, and other creative artforms. You may choose to share a creative hobby or an art form you practice professionally.
What does the role involve?
·Share your creative talent or hobby with older people living with dementia by delivering a short performance to an older person at home or providing an opportunity for them to participate in a creative activity.
·Visit a minimum of 4 times per year for up to 1.5 hours each time, including 20/30 minutes for the performance/activity.
·Provide opportunities for connection with older people during your visit through conversation and engagement.
- Liaise with service coordinators to link with clients who have asked to receive these visits/calls.
- Provide feedback after every performance, including positive impact, improvements to the delivery of visits or concerns regarding the client.
What will you get out of it?
·An opportunity to create meaningful experiences for all
·Be part of something rewarding and fulfilling
·Training in dementia awareness, safeguarding and more
·Supervision and support
·Reimbursement of expenses
·Opportunities to meet other volunteers
What are the benefits for people living with dementia?
Many of the clients we support in this service are housebound or do not have the confidence or opportunity to attend events. Some clients may be artists, performers and creatives in their own right who do not get an opportunity to engage with or experience this aspect of their lives anymore.
Giving people who are living with memory loss an opportunity to be part of creative activities is a stimulating, fun way of putting them in touch with memories, other people and the wider community.
Bringing your artform into peoples’ homes can have a huge impact on reducing isolation, encouraging connection and bring a sprinkle of joy to those living with dementia.
We are looking for people who have:
- An interest in sharing or performing their creative, artistic skill whether you are a hobbyist or a professional:
- Singing
·Playing a musical instrument
·Visual art activity
·Poetry/acting
·Dancing
·Culture-specific art/music/dance/poetry
These are just a handful of examples, but we will consider applications from a variety of artists/musicians/ performers and are open to suggestions.
What other attributes do you need?
- Good verbal and written skills in English
- Enjoy conversation.
- A desire to learn more about an individual and their interests and their past, and life history
- Consistency and reliability
- An ability to empathise and understand the needs and experiences of an individual with dementia and memory loss.
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Patience and sensitivity
- Confidence to deal with emergencies
- Requirement to undertake induction training and follow guidelines and policies of Age UK Camden
Volunteering Hours
Performances/activities:Usually approx. 20 -30 minutes but 1-1.5hrs are assigned to the visit
Minimum of 4 - 6 visits a year (you can opt to do more).
Visits will be a time agreed between you and the older person you are matched with.
Please note, early morning and late evenings are generally not suitable times for visits.
Training and induction are provided for the role and includes:
- Online Dementia Awareness course
- Age UK Camden organisational induction
- Induction to Dementia Befriending and Dementia Wellbeing Services and relationships, how to deliver a performer visit
- Safeguarding Adults online course
- Data Awareness online course
We will give you:
- Ongoing support including regular supervision by the coordinator of the service.
- Reimbursement of agreed expenses
- Access to Volunteer Forum events
If you are interested, we will ask you to:
- Complete an application form
- Meet with Dementia Services staff member
- Provide details of two Referees
- Complete an Enhanced DBS check (we arrange this with you)
- Induction and training (as laid out above)
We understand that completing the various steps takes time, and we support and keep in touch with you through the process.
As this role brings our volunteers into regular contact with vulnerable older people, we make sure that all volunteers understand their role and have completed our recruitment procedures to both our and their satisfaction.
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