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All volunteer roles currently available at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust are listed in the table below. Once you’ve decided on the role(s) you’d like to apply for, please complete the online application form. Many of our volunteer roles are for specific time slots, so please check the time and day listed next to the role and only apply if you are available at those times.
| Role | Departments | Day | Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play Volunteer - Outpatients | Outpatients Department | Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri | am and pm pm am and pm pm am and pm | Working with play specialists to entertain and play with children who are waiting for their outpatient appointment. Craft activities and general play. Cleaning toys and preparing resources. Usually two volunteers per session. | Apply |
| Play Volunteer - Outpatients | Hearing Services | Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri | am or pm am or pm am or pm am or pm am or pm | Working with play specialists to entertain and play with children who are waiting for their appointment. Craft activities and general play. Cleaning toys and preparing resources. You will also tidy the waiting area and chat to parents as they are waiting. One volunteer per session. | Apply |
| Play Volunteer - Outpatients | Northern General Hospital | Mon Tue Fri Fri | 1.30-4pm 1.30-4pm 9.30am-12pm 1.30-4pm | Working with play specialists to entertain and play with children who are waiting for their appointment at the Northern General Hospital in Fir Vale. Craft activities and general play. Cleaning toys and preparing resources. | Apply |
| Play Volunteer - Emergency Department | Emergency Department | Various | Most mornings, afternoons and evenings | Supporting and playing with children who are waiting to see a doctor/nurse or with their siblings to keep them entertained. Chatting to parents. General tidying up, cleaning toys, preparing resources, craft activities, charging iPads etc. | Apply |
| Play Volunteer - Wards | Medical and Surgical Wards | Various | am and pm | Play volunteers on the wards help the play specialists to deliver activities to patients either at their bedside or in a play room. You will help create displays on the ward and help clean toys and prepare resources. You will also need to be able to chat to parents and carers. Sometimes you may not have a play specialist with you so you need to be self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative. Reliability is very important. | Apply |
| Theatre Admissions Unit Volunteer | Theatre Admissions Unit | Various | 7.30-10.30am or 11am-2pm | Supporting children and their parents/carers by chatting and playing with children as they wait to go to theatre for surgery. Also welcoming children back from theatre into the recovery area, giving snacks and drinks and preparing trolleys, changing laundry etc. This is a busy department requiring confident volunteers who can get stuck in. | Apply |
| Hospital Welcomer and Guide | Main Entrance and Outpatients Department | Various | Various | One of the busiest volunteer roles. Welcoming any visitor to the hospital and getting them to where they need to be. You will need a good head for directions and be able to be on your feet for a few hours. Plenty of walking to most departments in the hospital. You will help patients complete their self-service check-in on the touch screens and will get involved in patient experience activities. Requires confidence and big smiles. At busy times you may be asked to support a different outpatient department. | Apply |
| Speech and Language Support Volunteer | Various community venues including Ryegate Children's Centre | Various weekdays and term time only | am or pm | Welcoming children and their families as they come to see the speech therapists. Making refreshments, playing games with the children, setting up and clearing away, preparing resources. | Apply |
| Woodworking Volunteer | Ryegate Children's Centre | Mon Tue OR Wed | To be arranged with right candidate | Helping to finish off bespoke children’s furniture, sanding and painting. | Apply |
| Sewing / Embroidery Volunteer | Ryegate Children's Centre | To be arranged | Using an emroidery machine to stitch cartoon characters, football logos etc onto pressure garments used for our burns patients. | Apply | |
| Admin Volunteer | Volunteer Services | To be arranged | am or pm | Supporting the Volunteer Services team by collating and collecting information from volunteers. Maintaining folders and supporting events etc. Also supporting other departments occasionally with surveys or events etc. | Apply |
| Admin Volunteer | Dermatology, 47 Wilkinson Street | Wed | pm | This department is looking for a volunteer who is great at IT and can do some non-patient typing and working on patient information leaflets plus basic tasks like stapling and photocopying. | Apply |
| Therapeutic Massage Volunteer | Throughout the hospital | Mon Fri | am or pm | You will need experience of neck and shoulder and hand massage. Over the clothes neck and shoulder massage and hand massages given to parents and carers on various wards across the hospital. All resources supplied. Aimed at easing stress and calming anxious parents. | Apply |
| League of Friends | Shop work and committee members | Any days/times | am and pm | The League of Friends are a charitable group who make and sell items within the hospital to raise funds for equipment and other things which benefit our patients. The shop is open every weekday and the committee meets monthly. | Apply |
| Friends and Family Test Volunteer | Throughout the hospital | Any weekday | am and pm | The Family and Friends test is a three-question survey which we use to improve our services. Volunteers need the confidence to approach families in outpatient departments to ask them to complete the survey on iPads. This is suitable for people who need flexibility with their times. | Apply |
| PALS Support | Outpatients Department | Thu | 10am-2pm | Giving families information and supporting the PALS team with events, surveys etc. | Apply |
| Support Volunteer | Medical Daycare | Mon Wed Fri | 9am-1pm | Various duties, creating/handing out bravery certificates | Apply |
Recruitment will open on 1 October for one week
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