Care in the Home Volunteer

Closing date: 
29 Feb 2012
Can you spare a few hours a week to help make a big difference to people’s lives? As a trained volunteer you will be able to assist our service users to recover from a health and social care crisis.

The Red Cross aims to work with vulnerable individuals so that they can withstand and recover from a Health and Social Care crisis and ensure that they can live with dignity and as independently as possible in their place of residence.

Our service offers the following tasks:

  • shopping for essential items
  • delivery of GP letters
  • collection of prescriptions
  • providing transport
  • befriending

Requirements: Flexibilty, Full UK Licence, access to a car

Full Training will be provided – an AccessNI check is required for this role.

Volunteer expenses will be reimbursed – mileage rate 45p.

Closing date:
29 Feb 2012