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Healthy Child Programme Volunteer - Melbourn
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Volunteering • Organisation role
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Karen Fell
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This NHS volunteer role will support the 0-19 team at group sessions such as healthy child drop in sessions and child health review clinics.
Our 0-19 team support the health and wellbeing of children and their families though the Healthy Child Programme to ensure that children have the best start possible in life. This includes monitoring the development of children to ensure that they are meeting key milestones.
This volunteer role will support the 0-19 team at group sessions such as healthy child drop in sessions and child health review clinics and key contacts with families at specific stages of a child’s life (e.g. 1 and 2 ½ year contacts). It may also include supporting at health promotion sessions in schools.
Families might feel anxious when attending groups, and our Healthy Child Programme Volunteers will help to enhance their experience by providing a friendly face and a warm welcome, as well as signposting them to appropriate resources and information and collecting feedback about their experience.
Volunteers need to be at least 18 years old.
The role is available at:
Melbourn Community Health Centre, Orchard Road, Melbourn, SG8 6HH - Wednesday - 12.45-3.15pm
Volunteers might:
Help to set up the session venue with toys and resources for families.
Welcome families to sessions in a friendly and courteous manner.
Chat to parents and children, including keeping children entertained by playing with the toys, while they are waiting to be seen by a health professional.
Signpost parents to appropriate resources such as leaflets, oral health kits, or websites recommended by the 0-19 team. With appropriate training, this could include giving information about continuing to breastfeed when returning to work.
Clean toys between appointments / at the end of the session and ensure they are put away safely, ready for the next group.
Clean scales between patients so they are ready for growth monitoring.
Support families with completing paperwork related to their appointment (e.g. Ages & Stages Questionnaires).
Encourage families to give feedback about their experience by completing questionnaires / sharing the QR code for our feedback questionnaire.
Support staff welfare by providing drinks during busy times if needed.
Volunteers are required to:
Undergo recruitment checks in line with NHS Employers recommendations.
Volunteer in a safe and non-discriminatory way.
Follow the Trust policies and procedures.
Maintain confidential information.
To read about how we welcome and involve volunteers, please visit the East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust website and click on the Volunteering tab, found within the Get Involved section.
Then choose the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough area to view the role description and apply online.
Questions? Please send us an message!
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About East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
As East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust, we exist for one simple reason: to deliver consistently high quality health and care services in our local communities.
Serving a population of 3.5 million people across the East of England, we provide compassionate care from the start of life through to the end of life - in people’s homes, local clinics, and community hospitals.
Please read about how we welcome and involve volunteers by following this link: https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk/get-involved/volunteering/