Shaping Car In Kirklees

Community Shapers

  • Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  • Part Time/Full Time
  • Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  • Part Time/Full Time

Job Description

We are looking for people interested in health and social care to become our volunteer Community Shapers across Kirklees.

 

SCiK is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for the local residents by offering care and support services. Our primary goal is to help individuals remain independent and active for as long as possible, while promoting their overall wellbeing. We understand that people desire to live their lives independently and on their own terms.

 

We offer wellbeing activities three times a week, focusing on maintaining physical and mental health. These activities include among other walking to health, Yoga/Pilates, Big Drum – singing, dancing and playing drums. We welcome any budding drum players.

Benefits To You

  • Gain experience working within a professional organization
  • A sense of satisfaction and pride for helping and making a valuable difference
  • Develop your skills
  • Employment pathway within and references for future employment/volunteering.
  • Meet new people
  • Paid travel expenses

​Role Duties

  • To promote SCiK, its work and its value to the health and social care communities.
  • To put on local events for care and support participants in your area
  • Build relationships with social care organisations and networks and the people we provide care and support to.
  • Help support communications, culture, inclusion, diversity and equality
  • Work with the Board, officers, staff and volunteers to ensure the effective running of SCiK.

​Candidate Skills

  • Key requirements for the role are:
  • The ability to inspire people about what we do at SCiK.
  • A confident speaker, good communication skills, written/verbal
  • Good organisational skills.
  • Strong customer service skills.

Role Commitment

This is a newly created role, and as such the Volunteer has the unique opportunity to shape and develop the role. This role is flexible, ideally you will be able to offer half a day per week.