Life Skills Volunteer Support Worker

Opportunity by VALUES
Location 9 Newarke Street, Leicester, LE1 5SN

Supporting adults with learning disabilities to develop their home and life skills.

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About this role

VALUES believes in providing fun, friendly and productive activities for individuals with learning difficulties and as part of this VALUES run a Home and Life skills activity.

Volunteers are being sought to help support these sessions and the individuals who attend them. This is an ideal role for someone looking for meaningful and rewarding voluntary work with an additional interest in or passion for: cooking, cleaning, life skills, money skills, independent living.

The role will involve working with small groups of individuals, supporting and supervising them in the weekly session which focuses on giving the group a chance to undertake a range of activities related to becoming more independent in the home and learning new skills.

Volunteers supporting the interest groups will be supported by a VALUES support worker.

This role is ideal for someone who is confident and experienced in dealing with people. Experience of dealing with individuals with learning disabilities would be advantageous. Additionally some basic experience or an in interest in various home and life skills would be beneficial.

Individuals would need to be comfortable supervising and leading groups, as the role requires a certain level of self-sufficiency.

The session runs on a Monday 1-4pm, and we would ask that you are able to commit to the session every week.

When you can volunteer

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening

Requirements

  • Relevant qualification or training
  • References needed
  • Willing to take a DBS Check
  • Age restrictions

If you are interested in this position, please complete the form. We will send an application form once you have registered your interest.

Location

Location 9 Newarke Street, Leicester, LE1 5SN

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