Community Connector - Blyth

BRITISH RED CROSS 11 ,
Worksop, Nottinghamshire
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Job Type: Part-time

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Community Connector Support Volunteer Location: Blyth Commitment: Minimum of 1 hours per week About the role It starts with Hello. From new mums to empty nesters, it's often surprising who is affected by loneliness. That's why we're teaming up with The Co-operative. Together we want to reach out and reconnect thousands of lonely people with their communities, and tackle a problem that is shortening lives and eroding wellbeing. The aim of the Community Connecter is to support people affected by social isolation and loneliness and to help them gain confidence and to reconnect to their community in partnership with existing and new partner organisations. We will place the person at the centre of what we do and help them by offering positive encouragement, practical help and emotional support, for up to three months, depending on their needs. Typical tasks include Being aware of and keeping up to date with local community services appropriate to our service users with support from the Community Connector Manager. Supporting lonely & socially isolated service users to build confidence, self-esteem and to regain independence Listening to people's needs, aspirations and concerns and co-creating a step plan to ensure the person meets their aims. This may involve providing advice on regular, healthy nutrition and hydration and managing hygiene. Supporting people to attend local community services suitable to their needs, helping them identify other activities in the area and going with them as necessary. This enables access to various health/medical appointments, social activities, shopping, transport and other community services. This may involve travelling with service users or transporting them using your own vehicle where appropriate. About the person We keep the service user at the heart of what we do, working to understand their needs and the difference we make. You need to have good interpersonal skills, diplomacy; communication and teamwork skills. Full training can be given for any necessary technical requirements. This role requires volunteers to have a DBS / PVG / Access NI check to the appropriate level, this requires an update every three years. Next Steps After you apply for the role someone from our friendly recruitment team will be in touch with you to arrange an interview. This will be an opportunity for us to find out more about you and for you to find out more about this role. Following this interview if we both agree to continue with recruitment, we will invite you to meet the team and attend an induction day where you can find out more about what it is like to be a volunteer for the British Red Cross. Please see the below schedule for this round of recruitment: Interview date: 20/04/2020 Meet and Greet with team: 04/05/2020 Induction Day: 20/05/2020 Please do not worry if you cannot make the dates above as we can offer alternatives. Here's a little bit more about us The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us. Our goal is to connect human kindness with human crisis. We're part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and we believe in the power of kindness. Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started. We support a huge range of people and we recruit for a diverse workforce - including disabled and ethnic minority candidates. This is to contribute to the breadth of experience we need to respond to people in crisis. Connecting human kindness with human crisis

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