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Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
- VO101667
Volunteers will be asked to provide virtual support via Microsoft Teams or Zoom to encourage self-management of all conditions we support helping service users achieve personal goals either through 1:1 support or in a group setting.
Alternatively we are looking for a volunteer to lead an online weekly music session for people with communication difficulties and/or a weekly online golf discussion group for people with aphasia.
Music group - Tuesday afternoons
Golf group - Wednesday afternoons
What your role will involve:
- You will be asked to provide virtual support via Microsoft Teams or Zoom to people living with our conditions
- Embrace a non-judgement, supportive approach to enable service users to achieve their goal(s)
- Complete record of activity and progress
- Update Co-ordinator with any concerns or identified areas where additional support may be required
- Attend (in person or virtual) 6 weekly support & supervision session with Co-ordinator
The skills you will require:
- Good listening and communication skills
- Good computer skills
- Reliable and patient
- Ability to motivate people to reach their potential
- Encouraging and supportive
- Respectful of the opinions of others
- Understand the need for confidentiality
- Able to maintain boundaries
- Strong interpersonal skills
What you will gain as a volunteer:
- Make a real difference to people with our conditions
- Use, learn and develop new skills
- Access to a bespoke range of training and development to support you in your role
- Improve your own health and wellbeing
- Opportunity to explore different roles within our organisation
Start date will be after reference checks and training has been completed.
Travel details
The opportunity will be online based.
Restrictions
Minimum age: 18
Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
Find out more
Please fill out this form to register your interest in the opportunity Virtual Community Support Volunteer with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
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Your message will be sent to the organisation that supports volunteering in East Renfrewshire:
Contact name: VAER Volunteering Team
Email address: hello@va-er.org.uk
Phone: 0141 876 9555
Thank you for registering your interest in Virtual Community Support Volunteer with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.
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