Group Support Volunteer - North Nottinghamshire

About the Role

As a Group Support Volunteer, you'll support and encourage people affected by dementia to engage in activities and socialise with others in a group setting. A friendly face at the group, you'll welcome and talk to people affected by dementia to help them feel comfortable and make sure they're offered refreshments. You'll also help set up and tidy away at the end of the group.

This role is to support at our Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) groups. CST is an enjoyable evidence based therapy that involves engaging in group activities to stimulate memory, attention, language and problem solving, through fun and creative exercises. Our sessions are run twice a week for a 7 week period in various locations throughout the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire region, so it would be ideal if you could travel throughout the region. There is a two week break between programmes.

Qualifications

• You have good verbal communication and listening skills
• You enjoy meeting new people and being part of a team
• You are aware of or are willing to learn about dementia and its impact on people
• You can demonstrate empathy and compassion
• You are over the age of 16

Equal Opportunities

Alzheimer's Society is committed to equal opportunities. Alzheimer's Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. This means ensuring our recruitment processes are barrier free and as inclusive as possible to everyone. We will look at making reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability or long term condition.