Activities Volunteer - Robin House, Balloch

• Childrens Hospices Across Scotland

• VO97965

This role supports the Activities team to provide fun, engaging experiences for children with life-shortening conditions, and their siblings. Activities and play help children to build happy memories and have fun, while accessing a wide range of opportunities they might not ordinarily have the chance to get involved in.

We are looking for volunteers with a variety of interests, hobbies, and skills to join our volunteer team. The children will be of various ages, stages of development and with different support needs. The Activities Team will support the volunteers to adapt activities and play to meet the specific needs of the children staying within the hospice to ensure all children have the opportunity to take part and have fun.

Families supported by CHAS are often under a lot of strain. The Activities Team provides opportunities to have fun and participate in activities together as a family.

What you will be doing

• Playing with and facilitating a range of activities with children and young people. This could include: arts and craft, music, playing games inside and outside in the garden, reading stories, baking


• Adapting activities/play to meet the age/stage and needs of the children


• Helping out at hospice social events and parties


• Keeping activity areas clean and tidy

What's in it for you

• Meeting new people  and being part of a team


• Making a real difference to the families of children with a life-shortening condition


• Enhancing your skills, experience

Disclaimer
This role requires membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (children only). There is a simple form to complete and we will assist you with this. You may already be a member of the scheme – if so you will only need to complete an update form. The process won’t cost you anything and having a criminal record will not automatically exclude you from volunteering. We will assess each applicant on an individual basis.  Further Child Protection training (either online or face to face, approximately 3 hours in length) is mandatory for this role, to be completed within the first year of volunteering with us.
Learning new skills whilst having fun

Experience required

• Experience of spending time with children (through family or work)


• An ability to relate to children and young people


• Outgoing, confident and fun-loving personality


• Empathy and patience


• An ability to represent CHAS enthusiastically and appropriately


• Great communication skills


• Adhere to rules around GDPR and a strong understanding of confidentiality

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