Job overview

This is a new and exciting volunteering role with our young and rare dementia service.

We are looking for a friendly volunteer to help with general gardening tasks. This will be a great opportunity to spend time outdoors, help to keep the allotment well tended, meet new people and be part of a small team.

If you want to gain experience, improve your job prospects, or just want to give some of your time to help others, this volunteering role could be for you!

Main duties of the job

The role is intended to enhance the experience of those people using the services by supporting and encouraging our service users to take part in gardening group activities. Also helping to look after our allotment if no service users are present.

 What the role involves:

• Encourage and support service users to participate in a range of basic gardening based activities/groups if present
• Carrying out general gardening tasks such as keeping pathways clear of leaves, weeding and tidying patches, pots and borders.
• Meet with the lead garden volunteer and site caretaker for extra support and guidance on what gardening tasks need doing.
• Getting out and putting away gardening tools safely
• Light lifting and bending.

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• DBS Level for this role is:  Enhanced with adult barred list

 The knowledge, skills and attributes required for the role:

• A keen interest/experience in Gardening (no mowing required)
• Gardening skills in growing plants, flowers & veg
• Good communication skills.
• Punctuality and reliability.
• Ability to effectively engage with service users, carers and staff

What we hope you gain from the role

• Our thanks and appreciation
• New skills and knowledge
• Satisfaction from helping others

Working for our organisation

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we are a great place to work.

We want our volunteers to reflect the diversity of the people we support, and we encourage and welcome applications from people across all our communities.

Volunteer Recruitment

Applying to become a volunteer may seem a little daunting for some people however, the volunteer service is here to guide and support you through the process. Please contact us on 0161 716 3365 or email [email protected] if you would like support to complete the online application form

Please be aware that due to the robust process, recruitment can sometimes take a few weeks.

Throughout the process you will have informal meetings with us and the service where you will be volunteering. In addition to this we will require you to:

• Complete an identity (ID) check
• Complete a Disclosure and Barring Service* (DBS) check,
• Complete an Occupational health assessment
• Give details for two references
• Complete relevant training.

*Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

DBS checks for volunteers are free and the level of check is dependent on the role you are undertaking.

We encourage applicants to join the DBS Update Service which is also free for volunteers. You can find information on the DBS Update Service here: www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

We look forward to you joining us and making a difference.