Tea and Chat Facilitator Volunteer (Hillingdon)

Do you love to meet new people and would like to facilitate Tea and Chat sessions? We are looking for friendly volunteers to engage in conversation with our service users over tea. Your role will be to make refreshments for any attendees and encourage other service users to get involved. This role would be great for anyone who loves to chat and engage with others!

What you will be doing

• Facilitate weekly Tea and chat sessions
• Make tea, coffee, and light refreshments for members
• Encourage service users to participate
• Engage in friendly conversation with service users
• Ensure service users follow group agreements.

The skills you need

• Patient and friendly manner
• Good communication and listening skills
• Basic knowledge on Food Safety
• Ability to provide a trusting, open, kind-hearted atmosphere that encourages participation
• An effective communicator with a patient and sympathetic nature
• Ability to handle individuals with complex needs and work with a person-centred approach

What's in it for you

• Supporting You - You will have a dedicated volunteer supervisor to support you in your role; Quarterly volunteer forums with the central Volunteering team and volunteers across Hestia; References for job applications
• Developing You - You will gain knowledge and insight into issues that impact Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Mental Health; You will have access to our extensive Learning and Development Programme; 40% of our departed volunteers secured a paid role at Hestia last year!
• Valuing You - We hold annual Volunteer Awards and Celebration events; We reimburse travel expenses and up to £5 for lunch for your volunteering; We hold social events and outings for our volunteers to get together and have some fun