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The Moorside Unit, located in Urmston, Trafford, provides inpatient mental health services for adults and older people. We accept referrals from Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) or via GMMH Liaison Team based within A&E departments at Trafford General Hospital. The patients on the unit are either informal or sectioned. We offer them and their carers information about mental health, recovery and the choices and resources available to them.
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers to join our existing team to provide a range of diversional activities to support our patients’ recovery and to improve their experience of being a patient with us.
Feedback from our inpatient surveys tells us that our patients can experience boredom. Our volunteering roles have been developed to help alleviate this boredom and to demonstrate to our patients that we are listening to them and really do care. They complement the work of our Support Time Recovery Workers and Occupational Therapists and aim to improve our patient’s treatment outcomes.
We are currently recruiting Gardening Activities Volunteers. The role involves leading and co-delivering light gardening activities such as weeding, planting and growing to maintain and enhance our outdoor spaces - we welcome your suggestions for new activities. It involves encouraging patients to develop their skills, to increase their self-confidence in and enjoyment of gardening and to support their health and well-being.
As part of the role we require you to:
In order to fulfil the duties of this role we ask that you:
To apply, you will need to complete an application form and demonstrate how you meet the requirements as set out in the role descriptions. Please note that the roles are voluntary but we will reimburse travel expenses in line with the Trust Volunteer Policy. Register your interest below to receive a link to our application form.