Lunch Club Volunteer

Lunch Club Volunteer

Posted for Age UK Bexley

Posted by Bexley Voluntary Service Council

Register your interest

You will be redirected to the Bexley Voluntary Service Council website to express your interest.

Age UK Bexley’s lunch club will provide a safe space for older people in Bexley to come and enjoy a two or three course lunch. The club will allow a chance for socialisation and to support ending isolation among older people in the borough.

What skills do I need?

To attend and support clients at our weekly lunch club

Responsibilities

• Volunteer within Age UK Bexley policies and procedures
• Provide support to the clients who are in attendance
• Support pub staff where needed
• Attend regular meetings and an annual review meeting as arranged by the Community Development project officer
• To liaise with pub staff and feed back to the Community Development project officer
• Take a register of clients each week

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Attend mandatory training sessions as and when required
• A genuine interest and concern for older people
• Good communication skills
• Computer literate
• Knowledge and/or awareness of issues affecting older people

Person Specification:

• Confident and able to build rapport easily
• Reliability and trustworthiness
• Good listening and communication skills
• Organised and able to keep accurate records
• Shows a commitment to inclusion and diversity and lifting the barriers of inclusion for older people (essential)