Current volunteering opportunities
We provide a full recruitment, training, and screening process for all our potential volunteers. We are also pleased to provide ongoing support alongside wellbeing and development sessions whilst volunteering within our Trust.
Trustwide
Patient Information Volunteer – Inpatient wards – Trustwide opportunities available
This is an exciting opportunity for potential volunteers to support and join our friendly albeit busy Patient Information Centre staff colleagues, by checking and ensuring core information (patient leaflets) are always stocked within our inpatient wards, ensuring information is available and up to date.
If you have an eye for detail, like meeting people and helping our staff colleagues particularly by ensuring their area of work remains compliant, relevant and up to date with patient and carer resources, then this may be the opportunity for you.
The role will involve checking patient and carer information using a checklist provided by the Patient Information Centre, to be completed by the Information Volunteer and forwarded to the Patient Information Centre to action accordingly.
You will be required to make suitable arrangements to attend ward and departments at an agreed time, to undertake a review of their patient information leaflet racks or master folder currently on display within the ward area.
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: Hours flexible throughout Monday to Friday office hours (9am–5pm)
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Patient Information Volunteer
Feedback Support Volunteer – Inpatient wards – Trustwide opportunities available
This is an exciting opportunity to give your time, supporting and helping our patients and carers across our Care Groups (Inpatient, Community and Specialist).
Feedback is very important to us. Supported by our Feedback and Outcomes Lead, you will be able to help and support our patients and carers to complete our ‘Your Voice’ survey – through pre-arranged 1:1 meetings, that will be held on a hospital site to suit. This will enable them to have their say and comment on the ward or service they have experienced.
Giving us feedback can help us identify what is working well and what has room for improvement.
Full training in the process of gathering feedback using our ‘Your Voice’ surveys will be provided, equipping you to undertake this exciting role comfortably, as well as ongoing group support, where our Feedback and Outcomes Lead will periodically share with you, how your time and efforts have positively impacted this important role by highlighting key results.
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: Approximately 2–3 hours per week, volunteering days negotiable between Monday and Friday.
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Feedback Support Volunteer
Northumberland
Volunteer Drivers – St. Georges Park, Morpeth, Northumberland
Do you:
- have a passion for driving?
- have spare time to give?
- enjoy meeting others?
- want to support your local NHS Trust?
- want to make a difference in your local community?
If so, this new, exciting opportunity could well be the role you are looking for.
We are recruiting a dedicated team of volunteer drivers to support our inpatient wards at St. Georges Park, Morpeth driving our pool cars parked on site, as and when required.
You will be providing an invaluable service to our Trust. You will be required to drive patients who will be accompanied by a member of staff to their local appointments and other related visits as part of their care and recovery journey.
If you can give a minimum of 4 hours per week and a minimum of 6 months or more, please get in touch by emailing [email protected] quoting ‘volunteer driver’ in the subject heading and a member of the Voluntary Services team will be in touch to discuss further and answer any questions you may have.
Social Activities Volunteer – Inpatient wards/Occupational Therapy Team – St George’s Park, Morpeth
We are looking to increase our volunteers within St George’s Park, Morpeth.
These roles currently exist within our inpatient wards (adults, rehab and older peoples services) as well as supporting our Occupational Therapy team with new and identified volunteer roles supporting our patients, carers and staff colleagues.
Our patients living with mental illness often enjoy social engagement and our ward staff provide this in an array of activities such as walking and talking, board games, movies, quizzes etc, our volunteers play an integral part in this and volunteer alongside staff to offer patients therapeutic engagement.
We are looking for volunteers who are approachable, supportive, and sensitive to the needs of others. Ideally we are looking for someone who has an interest in helping people who are living with a mental illness and would love to make a difference.
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: 1 session of 2 – 3 hours, Monday – Sunday
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Social Activities – St George’s Park
Carers Lead Support Volunteer – Inpatient wards – St George’s Park, Morpeth
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to give your time, supporting our inpatient services Carers Lead in a variety of projects currently underway to support our patients, carers and staff.
The role on offer will enable you to support in many ways:
- Monthly carer group
- Monthly connect and learn group
- In-house carer / fundraising events
- In-house carer table-top stands / carer boards displayed
- Family room usage
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: Times to be shared and agreed
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Carers Lead Support Volunteer
Mobile Patient Library Volunteer – Inpatient wards – St George’s Park, Morpeth
If you have a passion for helping people and a keen interest in reading materials, then this may be the volunteer role for you.
You will support our Occupational Therapy colleagues to engage with our patients in providing a mobile patient library service across all wards within St George’s Park, Morpeth, that meets their reading interests and help them select appropriate materials that align with their preferences and therapeutic needs.
Engaging in positive conversation with patients on the benefits of reading in a supportive and inclusive environment where patients feel comfortable discussing their reading experiences and sharing their thoughts.
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: 2–3 hours every other Thursday, 1pm – 2pm
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Mobile Library Volunteer
Sunderland
Social Activities Volunteer – Inpatient wards – Hopewood Park, Sunderland
Our patients living with a mental illness often enjoy social engagement and our ward staff provide this in an array of activities such as walking and talking, board games, movies, quizzes etc, our volunteers play an integral part in this and volunteer alongside staff to offer patients therapeutic engagement.
We are looking for volunteers who are approachable, supportive, and sensitive to the needs of others. Ideally, we are looking for someone who has an interest in helping people who are living with a mental illness and would love to make a difference.
The volunteer will be volunteering into a service for men aged 18 years and over with a mental illness who require assessment and treatment in hospital.
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: 1 session of 2–3 hours, Monday – Sunday
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Social Activities – Hopewood Park
North Cumbria
Social Activities Volunteer – Inpatient wards / Occupational Therapy Team – Carleton Clinic
Our patients living with dementia often enjoy social engagement and our dementia services provide this in an array of activities such as walking and talking, board games, movies, quizzes, gardening etc, our volunteers play an integral part in this and volunteer alongside staff to offer patients therapeutic engagement.
We are looking for volunteers who are approachable, supportive and sensitive to the needs of others. Ideally, we are looking for someone who has an interest in dementia care and would love to make a difference to someone who is living with dementia.
Time commitment: 6 months or more
Hours required: 1 session of 2- 3 hours, Monday – Sunday
If this role appeals to you and you would like to register your interest, we would love to hear from you. Please email: [email protected] Quoting: Social Activities – Carleton Clinic