We are looking for
• One’ Library assistant’ volunteer for Walton
• Two ‘learning session’ volunteers ( across Liverpool and Sefton)
• One ‘meet and greet’ volunteers ( across Liverpool and Sefton)
The role of Life Rooms Volunteer is to welcome all visitors to Trust premises in a warm and friendly manner, helping to create a reassuring and friendly environment.
Volunteers will need to be familiar with the Life Rooms offer and be able to assist people visiting the sites with:
· Enrolment onto learning courses
· Guiding attendees to the learning classrooms
· Guiding attendees to Pathway Appointments
· Support IT access
· In Walton Life Rooms only, assisting attendees to access books from the library
A background in customer services would be an advantage
• Welcome and engage with all visitors to the Life Rooms in a warm and friendly manner
• Answer face to face enquiries and provide information about The Life Rooms and the day-to-day programmes on offer
• Keep the reception and main areas tidy and presentable
• Assist members of the public with IT access
• Shelve resources and general tidying
• Engage with members of the Life Rooms whilst in the waiting area
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Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
• Understanding of The Life Rooms model and its day to day provision
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable with using IT
• Respectful of individuals’ confidentiality
• Understanding of personal and professional boundaries
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team, with minimal supervision
• Experience of working with people from mental health, addictions or learning disability services would be an advantage
This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024