Seeking Part-time Volunteers

There are a significant number of recently bereaved people who, through lack of essential daily living skills and/or de-motivation, are assessed as requiring long-term home care support. RBWM and Cruse Bereavement Care are starting a project later this year which will pilot a new pre-bereavement service supporting elderly residents in their own homes who are caring for terminally ill spouses, siblings etc. who have been diagnosed as having 12 months or less to live.
This project will provide volunteers with challenging and comprehensive training to enable them to assess the current and future practical needs of those Carers and provide pro-active pre-bereavement support by way of assistance with daily living skills, signposting the Carer to other relevant services and providing emotional support.

Volunteers will liaise with Health and Social Care staff and other statutory and voluntary organisations and work flexibly with minimal supervision across the Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead area.

This service will aim to:
• provide proactive support, advice and services to Carers
• enable Carers to manage their situation
• advise and signpost Carers to other appropriate services
• feedback progress/issues to enable the pilot to assess it’s impact.

The pilot will run until August 2010, when its success will be fully evaluated.

You must be a car driver with daily use of a car.

This post is subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.

For more information about this Volunteer post, please contact Alan Barratt on 07774 144727.

Closing date: Friday, 6 November 2009