About this role
Job summary
Purpose of volunteering role: The volunteering role is designed to provide support to the Catering Team at Penn Hospital.
This is a voluntary role which is unpaid.
Main duties of the job
Examples of how you can help us: Please ensure you have thoroughly read the volunteer role description before applying, to ensure you fully understand the role requirements, expected volunteering times, and that you are able to meet the availability needed for the role. Please include in your application reasons you wish to volunteer and your availability to support. We are looking for volunteers who can support for a minimum of six months. Please note that we are unable to contribute towards placement hours or offer short-term volunteering opportunities, as these would be classed as work experience or placement-based activities rather than volunteering. Please note: we do not accept AI applications.
About us
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- CAMHS
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Volunteer Role Description, for details on the responsibilities of the volunteer role.
Person Specification
values
Essential
- Can display trust values
- Live within the Black Country or within a reasonable travel distance to our sites
- Over 18 years old
- Relevant skills or experience, or a willingness to learn: brings any useful background knowledge to the role, or demonstrates enthusiasm to develop new skills through training and guidance.
Desirable
- Passion for mental health services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Penn Hospital
Wolverhampton
WV4 5HN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)