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Volunteer
Grade
Volunteer
Contract
Voluntary
Hours
Flexible working
Job ref
277-8380200-VOL
Employer
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Green Parks House, Princess Royal University Hospital
Town
Farnborough Common
Closing
03/11/2026 23:59

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Volunteer Music Group Co-Facilitator

Volunteer

Job overview

Green Parks House is an inpatient unit of four wards, three working age adult and one older adult based in the grounds of Princess Royal University Hospital. The group was set up by Occupational Therapy staff interested in music and the well-being it provides to patients. This group has been facilitated by OT staff, using a play list.

Main duties of the job

  • This placement offers an opportunity to volunteer with working age adults engaged with Bromley Mental Health Services.
  • It will require knowledge of music theory and practise.  Someone who is able to play an instrument as well as the ability to play a wide variety of music from the 60’s to current.
  • It will require a variety of creative and communication skills involved in working with people from all types of backgrounds and cultures.
  • To work under the supervision of the group facilitators.

Working for our organisation

Working for our organisation

 

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We’re Kind
  • We’re
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Green Parks House is an inpatient unit of four wards, three working age adult and one older adult based in the grounds of Princess Royal University Hospital. The group was set up by Occupational Therapy staff interested in music and the well-being it provides to patients. This group has been facilitated by OT staff, using a play list.

  • This placement offers an opportunity to volunteer with working age adults engaged with Bromley Mental Health Services.
  • It will require knowledge of music theory and practise.  Someone who is able to play an instrument as well as the ability to play a wide variety of music from the 60’s to current.
  • It will require a variety of creative and communication skills involved in working with people from all types of backgrounds and cultures.
  • To work under the supervision of the group facilitators.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Applicant must be able to play at least one musical instrument and read music

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Applicant must have experience of working or helping people from all walks of life

communication

Essential criteria
  • applicant must have excellent communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthPride In Veterans

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie Langford
Job title
Voluntary Services Development Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02088368511
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