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Arts in Health Volunteer
Organisation Details
Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust
Activity type: Art and Design, Culture, Health and Wellbeing, Hospitals and Hospices
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: Our dedicated team of around 20,000 staff – our NCA Family – delivers healthcare excellence to over one million people across Salford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury, as well as providing more specialist services to patients from Greater Manchester and beyond.
Description of role: Arts in Health Activity Volunteer
The role of the Arts in Health Activity Volunteer is to encourage and facilitate arts and general activities across the NCA.
What is an Arts in Health Activity Volunteer?
Our trained volunteers deliver activities to patients on the hospital wards to promote wellbeing. We offer a very wide range of activities including pottery, glass painting, creative writing, papercraft, textiles etc. Each activity package is tailor made for each patient on admissions.
Tasks include:
• Setting up and facilitating activities for the patient’s wellbeing whilst in hospital.
This may include glass painting, pottery, creative writing, digital photography, textiles, or any other art form that the volunteer can offer.
• Assessing the individual patients need for arts activities- their hobbies, work experience and any additional support they may require.
• Supporting patients to access the arts sessions ensuring participation.
• Adhering to health and safety policy and practice at all times
• Asking people to give feedback after completing the arts sessions.
• Being involved in social and fundraising events
• Promoting the Arts in Health Project at all times
Specific skills and requirements.
• An interest in arts or general activities
• Experience or enthusiasm for delivering arts/activities to small groups or individuals
• A flexible, person-centred approach.
The role of the Arts in Health Activity Volunteer is to encourage and facilitate arts and general activities across the NCA.
What is an Arts in Health Activity Volunteer?
Our trained volunteers deliver activities to patients on the hospital wards to promote wellbeing. We offer a very wide range of activities including pottery, glass painting, creative writing, papercraft, textiles etc. Each activity package is tailor made for each patient on admissions.
Tasks include:
• Setting up and facilitating activities for the patient’s wellbeing whilst in hospital.
This may include glass painting, pottery, creative writing, digital photography, textiles, or any other art form that the volunteer can offer.
• Assessing the individual patients need for arts activities- their hobbies, work experience and any additional support they may require.
• Supporting patients to access the arts sessions ensuring participation.
• Adhering to health and safety policy and practice at all times
• Asking people to give feedback after completing the arts sessions.
• Being involved in social and fundraising events
• Promoting the Arts in Health Project at all times
Specific skills and requirements.
• An interest in arts or general activities
• Experience or enthusiasm for delivering arts/activities to small groups or individuals
• A flexible, person-centred approach.
Skills / qualities associated with the role: Creative Skills, Oral Communication Skills, Team Working
Are volunteer expenses available?: Yes
Duration of role: Ongoing / Long term
Opportunity times: Monday AM, Monday PM, Tuesday AM, Tuesday PM, Wednesday AM, Wednesday PM, Thursday AM, Thursday PM, Friday AM, Friday PM
DBS required: On
Can reasonable adjustments be made regarding additional needs?: Yes
Is this organisation part of the Sports Volunteering Scheme (SVS)?: No
Minimum hours commitment: 4 hours a week
Location:
Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD