Volunteer Visitor - Community Based - Thirsk

Volunteer Visitors

Through volunteering your time at Saint Michael’s and Herriot Hospice Homecare you are supporting those in our community at a time when they need it most. Volunteers are integral to our work and we would love to welcome you to our team.

Volunteer Visitors are a vital role within the Community Outreach Team in supporting people living with a palliative Illness, their families and carers.

Volunteer Visitors visit patients in their own home to provide a befriending or sitting service. For families and carers, volunteers provide essential respite and empower the carer to take a break; this could be for them to get out for a walk, attend appointments, go shopping or meet friends. For those patients on their own, simply be there, supporting with isolation, having a chat and a cup of tea can make all the difference.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Sensitive and empathetic

• Friendly and approachable

• Confident in their ability to undertake a role that may be emotionally challenging at times

• Can offer support for up to 2 hours per week

• Able to travel to and from patients homes

What we offer:

Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice are a family of services with our values at the heart of all we do. We are committed to supporting volunteers effectively and appropriately particularly in a role such as this which may be emotionally challenging. We will support our volunteers with:

Full training and ongoing support.

• Flexible volunteering hours suit your schedule.

• The opportunity to be part of a caring and dedicated team making a difference in people’s lives.

Getting started and training:

Interested candidates will be invited to a short interview, which is an opportunity for you and us to get to know each other and understand more about the role, and what an impact volunteering can have.

We offer a thorough and comprehensive training programme, with elements of face to face and online training, providing you with the skills and knowledge needed to undertake these roles, with yearly updates.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken before commencing volunteering.

Attendance at group supervision on a monthly basis will be required.

Our values

• We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do

• We are caring and compassionate

• We are personal and supportive in our approach

• We engage positively

• We are responsive

• We are driven to do better

• We are fair

• We are professional

• We work collaboratively

• We are accountable

Living out our values

• Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework

• We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our communities.

• We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services, please see our safeguarding statement on our website: https://saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement/

• If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing [email protected]

For more information on the role, please contact us on [email protected] or on 01423 200145 and we can arrange for you to have an informal discussion with a member of the team.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).