Volunteer Befriender
Volunteer Befriender
Posted for Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust - Volunteer Befriending Service
Posted by Volunteer North Hampshire
You will be redirected to the Volunteer North Hampshire website to express your interest.
Do you have warmth, compassion and time to offer to help alleviate loneliness? As a volunteer befriender your role will be to provide social companionship to patients who have a chronic or life limiting illness and are lonely and isolated. You will be visiting the patients in their own homes. In building a trusting relationship you can help to restore emotional well-being, confidence and feelings of self-worth.
Regular social companionship can often help decrease the number of GP visits/phone calls a patient might make, and in some cases lessen the number of hospital admissions. Volunteer befrienders are a vital link between the patient and the health professional, safeguarding early intervention if/where necessary.
What skills do I need?
- warmth, an ability to engage in relationships
- non-judgemental, accepting a person for who they are
- respecting others as being of equal worth
- good interpersonal skills, in particular listening skills
- an ability to handle a level of stress
Details
- Age restrictions
- DBS check needed
- Equal Opportunities Policy
- Expenses reimbursed
- Health and Safety Policy
- Ongoing support
- Recruitment Process
- Training provided
- Volunteer induction
- Volunteer Policy
- Volunteers covered by insurance
- Written role description
When is this role available?
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2 hours a week, between 9am & 5pm, Monday to Friday
Location:
RG24 9NA
You will be redirected to the Volunteer North Hampshire website to express your interest.
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