Arts in Health Activity Volunteer
The role of the Arts in Health Activity Volunteer is to encourage and facilitate arts and general activities across the Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust hospitals on the Wards
Key information
- Start Date: 30th August 2024
- End Date: 12th August 2025
- Volunteer: Weekly
- Availability: Monday AM, Monday PM, Tuesday AM, Tuesday PM, Wednesday AM, Wednesday PM, Thursday AM, Thursday PM, Friday AM, Friday PM
- Tasks: What is an Arts in Health Activity Volunteer?
Our trained volunteers deliver activities to patients on the hospital wards to promote wellbeing. We offer a very wide range of activities including pottery, glass painting, creative writing, papercraft, textiles etc. Each activity package is tailor made for each patient on admissions.
Tasks include:
• Setting up and facilitating activities for the patient’s wellbeing whilst in hospital.
This may include glass painting, pottery, creative writing, digital photography, textiles, or any other art form that the volunteer can offer.
• Assessing the individual patients need for arts activities- their hobbies, work experience and any additional support they may require.
• Supporting patients to access the arts sessions ensuring participation.
• Adhering to health and safety policy and practice at all times
• Asking people to give feedback after completing the arts sessions.
• Being involved in social and fundraising events
• Promoting the Arts in Health Project at all times - Training: If you have any work experience or voluntary experience in the arts or if you have just a passion for a particular art form. Please do apply. There is specific Arts in Health training when volunteering.
- Requirements: Willing to travel by public transport or find own way to volunteering location
- Interests: Art, Craft, Health and wellbeing, Hospitals, Mental Health, Older people, Social care
- Suitability: 16-17 year olds, 18 and over
- Activities: Care work, Gardening, Social media, Training
- DBS Check: Yes
Our trained volunteers deliver activities to patients on the hospital wards to promote wellbeing. We offer a very wide range of activities including pottery, glass painting, creative writing, papercraft, textiles etc. Each activity package is tailor made for each patient on admissions.
Tasks include:
• Setting up and facilitating activities for the patient’s wellbeing whilst in hospital.
This may include glass painting, pottery, creative writing, digital photography, textiles, or any other art form that the volunteer can offer.
• Assessing the individual patients need for arts activities- their hobbies, work experience and any additional support they may require.
• Supporting patients to access the arts sessions ensuring participation.
• Adhering to health and safety policy and practice at all times
• Asking people to give feedback after completing the arts sessions.
• Being involved in social and fundraising events
• Promoting the Arts in Health Project at all times