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Carers in Hertfordshire provides advice, information and support to unpaid carers - people looking after someone who is elderly, disabled, has a physical or mental illness or who misuses drugs or ...
Passport Team Volunteer
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Summary
The Carers Passport service is a soft approach to reaching out and connecting with unpaid carers at an earlier stage of their caring journey.Detailed description
WHERE, WHEN, HOW OFTEN
The role would be based in our office at the Hertford Office The Red House 119, Fore Street, Hertford Herts SG14 1AZ
This service operates one day per week on Tuesdays from 9:30am to 3pm. There will be a member of staff with you to support you during your time.
ROLE
The Carers Passport scheme has been running since 2013 and to date we have issued more than 18,000 carers with a passport. The team is currently made up of 3 part time volunteers and the tasks vary from registering carers, updating information, quality checking, editing photographs, printing the passport cards and talking with carers to solve queries and update information.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Good communication skills
- Ability to listen and communicate with a wide range of people.
- Awareness of/or an interest in the role of unpaid carers
- Competent IT skills.
- Honest, committed and reliable
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Organised and methodical approach
WHAT YOU CAN GAIN FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY
- An opportunity to help unpaid carers
- An opportunity to meet and work with new people.
- The chance to enhance current skills and develop new ones
- The chance to boost your CV
- Work as part of a team and feel valued for the time and effort that you give.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs🤝 Extra supportAbout Carers in Hertfordshire
Ensuring Hertfordshire's carers are identified, supported and stay well, is at the heart of our work. We give carers a voice with opportunities to meet other carers. We also enable carers to share their views or experiences with those providing or planning health and social care services in Hertfordshire.
We support carers of all ages - children and adults - if they live, work or care in Hertfordshire. Our services are provided free to carers.
We also have a Care Service in Hertsmere, Three Rivers and Watford, which involves professional Care Support Workers providing individual packages of care to people with care needs through domiciliary care or Carers' Breaks.