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Organisation Details
Medaille Trust
Sub theme: Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Health and Wellbeing, Homeless and Housing, Mental Health, Race and Ethnicity
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: Medaille Trust’s mission is to provide refuge and freedom from modern slavery. We are one of the largest providers of supported safe house accommodation for victims of modern slavery in the UK.
Description of role: As part of the work we do, we offer activities to service users to help them to gain skills, learn new things and create friendships.
We recognise the importance of wellbeing and being in nature, so we are looking for a Gardening Volunteer to help us develop and maintain our garden alongside our service users. Teaching them the skills of planting, maintaining, and harvesting their own food, as well as other plants.
We are looking for a Gardening Volunteer to help support us with gardening and working alongside service users to teach them all things gardening related, tasks will include:
• Digging, planting, maintaining, harvesting of plants and flowers.
• General gardening duties.
• Sharing knowledge of plants, flowers and food cultivation with service users.
• Organising gardening activities for service user participation.
• Consulting service users to gain their feedback about what sessions they would like to participate in.
• Helping service users to socialise within a group setting.
• To offer a safe and comfortable experience for all service users, showing awareness of service users’ varying physical and mental well-being needs.
• To provide feedback to Service Manager reporting any observations or concerns in a timely manner.
• Making refreshments/drinks
• Helping to set up and tidy up group space
• To take part in regular supervision and support
• To regularly attend volunteer or staff meetings
• To attend training as and when required
• To work within agreed professional boundaries at all times
• To provide a safe and non-judgmental environment that promotes the core values and ethos of the Trust, in accordance with the Medaille Trust Policy, Data Protection Act, and Health and Safety Regulations.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
The role would suit someone who is friendly, kind, empathetic and non-judgemental. This position is very rewarding and would suit a person who is happy to work in a team, in a busy and sometimes challenging environment.
This role requires maturity, and an ability to engage with female adults in a trauma informed way, while working alongside staff members to deliver the activities in line with agreed procedures and systems.
• Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
• Volunteers will need to have a good standard of spoken and written English
• Have experience or qualifications in gardening, cultivation and harvesting of plants and flowers.
• This role requires a regular commitment every week
• Ability to maintain confidentiality is essential
• Volunteers to have knowledge and understanding of human trafficking issues or willingness to learn
• Knowledge of mental health issues and the challenges faced or a willingness to learn
• An understanding of the importance of professional boundaries in the role
• Must be able to get to the venue which is based in Manchester
We recognise the importance of wellbeing and being in nature, so we are looking for a Gardening Volunteer to help us develop and maintain our garden alongside our service users. Teaching them the skills of planting, maintaining, and harvesting their own food, as well as other plants.
We are looking for a Gardening Volunteer to help support us with gardening and working alongside service users to teach them all things gardening related, tasks will include:
• Digging, planting, maintaining, harvesting of plants and flowers.
• General gardening duties.
• Sharing knowledge of plants, flowers and food cultivation with service users.
• Organising gardening activities for service user participation.
• Consulting service users to gain their feedback about what sessions they would like to participate in.
• Helping service users to socialise within a group setting.
• To offer a safe and comfortable experience for all service users, showing awareness of service users’ varying physical and mental well-being needs.
• To provide feedback to Service Manager reporting any observations or concerns in a timely manner.
• Making refreshments/drinks
• Helping to set up and tidy up group space
• To take part in regular supervision and support
• To regularly attend volunteer or staff meetings
• To attend training as and when required
• To work within agreed professional boundaries at all times
• To provide a safe and non-judgmental environment that promotes the core values and ethos of the Trust, in accordance with the Medaille Trust Policy, Data Protection Act, and Health and Safety Regulations.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
The role would suit someone who is friendly, kind, empathetic and non-judgemental. This position is very rewarding and would suit a person who is happy to work in a team, in a busy and sometimes challenging environment.
This role requires maturity, and an ability to engage with female adults in a trauma informed way, while working alongside staff members to deliver the activities in line with agreed procedures and systems.
• Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
• Volunteers will need to have a good standard of spoken and written English
• Have experience or qualifications in gardening, cultivation and harvesting of plants and flowers.
• This role requires a regular commitment every week
• Ability to maintain confidentiality is essential
• Volunteers to have knowledge and understanding of human trafficking issues or willingness to learn
• Knowledge of mental health issues and the challenges faced or a willingness to learn
• An understanding of the importance of professional boundaries in the role
• Must be able to get to the venue which is based in Manchester
Skills / qualities associated with the role: Creative Skills, Oral Communication Skills, Practical 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
Location:
Cathedral Centre, 3 Ford Street, Salford
Manchester
M3 6DP