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Volunteer
Grade
N/A
Contract
Voluntary
Hours
Flexible working - Flexible times/days through week.
Job ref
285-7292-CORP
Employer
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Penn Hospital
Town
Wolverhampton
Salary
Voluntary (unpaid)
Closing
25/11/2026 08:00

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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Catering Volunteer - Wolverhampton

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Job overview

Purpose of volunteering role: The volunteering role is designed to provide support to the Catering Team at Penn Hospital. 

This is a voluntary role which is unpaid. 

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

Examples of how you can help us:  
Please ensure you have thoroughly read the volunteer role description before applying, to ensure you fully understand the role requirements, expected volunteering times, and that you are able to meet the availability needed for the role. 
 
Please include in your application reasons you wish to volunteer and your availability to support.
 
We are looking for volunteers who can support for a minimum of six months. Please note that we are unable to contribute towards placement hours or offer short-term volunteering opportunities, as these would be classed as work experience or placement-based activities rather than volunteering.
 
Please note: we do not accept AI applications.

Working for our organisation

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

  • Adult and older adult mental health services
  • Specialist learning disability services
  • CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Volunteer Role Description, for details on the responsibilities of the volunteer role.

Person specification

values

Essential criteria
  • Can display trust values
  • Live within the Black Country or within a reasonable travel distance to our sites
  • Over 18 years old
  • Relevant skills or experience, or a willingness to learn: brings any useful background knowledge to the role, or demonstrates enthusiasm to develop new skills through training and guidance.
Desirable criteria
  • Passion for mental health services

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ruby-Jane Jarvis
Job title
Volunteer Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07423687464
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