Job summary
Volunteering role overview: Stay and Play Volunteer
Based: Stourbridge Family Hub
This is a voluntary role which is unpaid.
Volunteer with Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Volunteering with Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a rewarding way to make a real difference in your local community. Our volunteers play a vital role in supporting patients, carers, and staff across our mental health, learning disability, and community services.
Whether you have time, skills, or simply a passion for helping others, volunteering with us offers the chance to gain valuable experience, build confidence, and be part of a supportive and inclusive NHS team.
Main duties of the job
This voluntary, unpaid role supports the perinatal team in running their "Stay and Play" sessions by promoting the mental health and wellbeing of mothers during the postnatal period.
Responsibilities include helping staff set up age-appropriate activities for children from newborn to two years old, cleaning and disinfecting toys and activity areas after each session, and engaging positively with mothers and their children throughout the group
- Applicants must be 18+,
- Live within the Black Country
The role is based in Stourbridge. Volunteers must be able to travel to the site. Travel costs will be reimbursed.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for volunteers who have these qualities:
- Computer skills - competent in use of email, Microsoft Office and databases
- Organisational Skills
- Reliability: Commitment to a regular volunteer schedule to provide consistent support
- Awareness of mental health
- Able to follow confidentiality policy and professional boundaries for their own safety and safety of the patients.
- Live in the Black Country or Birmingham area, within a reasonable travel distance to site.
- Volunteers must be over 18
Please see attached Volunteer role for detailed description of this specific role.
Due to the nature of our work some volunteering roles may be subject to a Standard or Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, through the Disclosure and Barring Service as stipulated under part V of the Police Act 1997. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from volunteering with us; this will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for volunteers who have these qualities:
- Computer skills - competent in use of email, Microsoft Office and databases
- Organisational Skills
- Reliability: Commitment to a regular volunteer schedule to provide consistent support
- Awareness of mental health
- Able to follow confidentiality policy and professional boundaries for their own safety and safety of the patients.
- Live in the Black Country or Birmingham area, within a reasonable travel distance to site.
- Volunteers must be over 18
Please see attached Volunteer role for detailed description of this specific role.
Due to the nature of our work some volunteering roles may be subject to a Standard or Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, through the Disclosure and Barring Service as stipulated under part V of the Police Act 1997. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from volunteering with us; this will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
Person Specification
values
Essential
- Interest in Mental Health
- Good communication skills
- Creativity to create craft activities with mom's and children
- Some awareness around weaning and healthy choices
Person Specification
values
Essential
- Interest in Mental Health
- Good communication skills
- Creativity to create craft activities with mom's and children
- Some awareness around weaning and healthy choices
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
