Future Care Planning Volunteer - Carmarthenshire
Future Care Planning Volunteer - Carmarthenshire
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Future Care Planning Volunteer Carmarthenshire
Location: Community based Carmarthenshire
Minimum age: 18
DBS (Criminal Record) Check: Yes
Driving Essential: No but you will need access to transport
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you an excellent communicator Could you visit peoples homes care homes and other places in the community to help people talk about their end of life wishes and personal goals We are looking for empathetic and selfmotivated individuals to join our team of Future Care Planning volunteers.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
Our Advanced and Future Care Planning service operates in Tywi/Taf area in Carmarthenshire in partnership with the Hywel Dda University Health Board and helps people to have the time and safe space to consider their end of life wishes and share them with those closest to them. Thinking about death is always a challenging ask but with this project we want to change the conversation and help people plan for their future to ensure more people have their version of a good death where they want it to be and with their wishes being met.
We are looking for empathetic and selfmotivated individuals to join our team of Future Care Planning volunteers.
The main element of this role will be to visit people in their home or another place of their choosing within the community and help them explore their future wishes for endoflife You will spend your time discussing and recording their wishes and will need to be confident using IT to do this.
There will also be opportunities to support community events network with local organisations and community groups and cofacilitate training among other activities.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- A friendly and sensitive approach
- Patience empathy and emotional awareness
- Excellent communication skills and an ability to build a rapport with others
- Access to IT equipment and confident using IT to input and upload notes
- Commitment and reliability
- Inclusive and respectful values
- An understanding of confidentiality
- Willingness to operate within the boundaries of the role
- Proficient in using Email and Microsoft Word and keep to local record keeping procedures
WHAT YOU CAN GAIN FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY
- Flexible volunteering based around your availability
- Opportunity to be involved with a national leader in endoflife care
- Comprehensive training and induction
- A supportive and empowering team environment
- Resilience Based Group Supervision
- 1:1 Wellbeing Support Sessions
- Access to other volunteering opportunities within Marie Curie
- Continuous personal development
- Buddying and shadow sessions where required
THE NEXT STEPS
This role is flexible as and when needed on an ad hoc basis and you must live in (or close to) Carmarthenshire. You will also need to have access to transport.
If you have any questions or would like more information please contact our Volunteer Service Coordinator Rebecca Davies onor email
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Enhanced criminal record check.
About Marie Curie:
Every day of your life matters from the first to the last. When you Volunteer for Marie Curie you understand that better than ever. Were a passionate committed and diverse team of more than 4400 staff and 12000 volunteers here for people living with any terminal illness and their families. We offer expert care guidance and support to help them get the most from the time they have left. Everyone knows our daffodil but its our warmth creativity and care that touch lives. Here we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.
Everyone will be affected by dying death and bereavement and deserves the best possible experience reflecting whats most important to them. Marie Curie will lead in endoflife experience to make this happen.
Marie Curie is committed to its values which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Employment Type
Part-Time
