Activities assistant volunteer

Pan London

St Mungo’s Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST) provides a floating support service across 16 London boroughs north of the River Thames, with an aim to support clients in maintaining their independent accommodation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to lead on assisting to implement a season of client events and activities and promoting it within the service. We are fortunate enough to have been given a generous budget to spend in this area. Ideas so far are cookery classes, paid events and museums, countryside and seaside excursions, and other days out all to promote inclusivity and facilitate social bonding, learning and increasing self-esteem.

Activities volunteer

Brent

Chichester Road is registered Care Home for male residents minimum age of 50 years mostly with alcohol related issues.
Activities offered to residents in care homes can make a big impact on their day. As a volunteer supporting residents to take part in activities, you will be doing something simple that makes a really big difference. You could;
• facilitate games of pool with the residents,
• organise board games
• organise bingo with the residents
• help residents put jigsaw puzzles together.

Art group support volunteer

Camden

Gray’s Inn Road is part of the South Camden Mental Health Service. The hostel is primary for clients with mental health support needs, but many of the clients have complex needs as they also use substances and alcohol. We’re looking for a volunteer with a passion for art who is able to support a facilitator to run art groups with our residents. There will also be opportunities to attend trips and outings.

Arts and crafts group volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington.Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for a volunteer who would be happy to come and facilitate an arts & crafts group for our clients. You will be facilitating the group yourself but will always have staff support and co-facilitation.

Chit chat group volunteer facilitator

Lewisham

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with an empathetic approach and understanding of the issues people with complex needs face on a daily basis. You would be involved in the preparation, delivery and organisation of weekly mixed group sessions. The session will focus on offering clients support and advice on issues related to homelessness through the delivery of activities, chit chats and occasionally arranging football games.

Clearing house administration volunteer

Tower Hamlets

The Clearing House sources and matches supported housing for clients with a history of rough sleeping and this role will involve responding to emails sent to the CH helpdesk and answering the CH helpdesk phone.

Client advisory board volunteer

Tower Hamlets

The Client Advisory Board (CAB) are a team of clients or former clients who are responsible for working in partnership with the Board of Trustees. As a member of the CAB you would be expected to attend approximately 8 formal CAB meetings a year lasting up to four hours. You will be responsible for reading Board Papers and giving your views and opinions, asking questions and at times challenging Trustees and members of the Executive team.

Compass centre service support volunteer

Bristol

The Compass Centre is a busy service in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol working with rough sleepers. This placement is an opportunity for anyone wishing to gain experience in a busy service environment. The main tasks will include:
• Welcoming visitors to the centre and supporting people to access the relevant workers and services within the building and the local community.
• Answering the phone; taking and passing on messages, dealing with queries from members of the public, external agencies and rough sleepers.

Complementary therapies volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington. Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for volunteers who are qualified in a complementary therapy (Shiatsu, Massage, Aromatherapy, Acupuncture or Reflexology). You will be working with clients yourself but will always have staff support.

Complementary therapies volunteer

Camden

Ideally you will be sharing your skills in therapies such as head/neck massage or reflexology with our clients to help them feel good. Through therapies you will support and encourage clients to feel relaxed and more positive.

Counselling and psychotherapy student/ honorary placement

Haringey

The Haringey Recovery Service works with individuals about to begin their recovery from Drug and Alcohol use. The counselling and psychotherapy team is one important component of the service. We’re looking for volunteer counsellors who are trainees undertaking a formal counselling training at accredited teaching institutions or fully qualified counsellors wishing to gain further clinical experience. Volunteer counsellors are required to undertake clinically supervised work with at least three clients during their placement.

Creative writing volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington. Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for a volunteer who would be happy to come and facilitate a creative writing group for our clients. You will be facilitating the group yourself but will always have staff support and co-facilitation.

Daytime StreetLink referral line volunteer

Tower Hamlets

In this role, you will be the first point of contact on a telephone referral line where you will collate information about individuals’ rough sleeping locations.

Event fundraising volunteer

Bristol

In this role, you will be responsible for holding a collection bucket to raise money for St Mungo’s and sharing information as and when required about the cause. You could be collecting donations at a supermarket, in a shopping mall or at an organised event and you could be handing out leaflets and information or face painting (a simple template design – unless you are creative!). You will need to be flexible and happy to stand or sit for a few hours at a time. The role is available in Bristol and Bath.

Fun division event volunteer

Bath

This role is primarily to help with the organisation and facilitation of Fun Division, a monthly event based around fun activities and learning, with an aim to reduce social isolation and anxiety, creating a warm and inclusive community

Gardening volunteer

Camden

Haverstock Hill is a 15 bed 24 hour high support mental health accommodation in the heart of Belsize Park. As a volunteer gardener you will be responsible for engaging clients into participating in the maintenance of our garden. Tasks will include:
• Cleaning grounds using rake, broom or hose.
• Locate and plant shrubs, trees and flowers.
• Mow and trim lawns, using hand mower or power mower.

Gardening volunteer (female applicants only)

Newham

We’re looking for a volunteer to share their talent/interest in gardening by supporting our clients to maintain the service’s garden. This will involve teaching them about gardening and enabling them to creatively contribute to the garden. It my also involve ordering seeds and other materials required for the garden.

Group support volunteer

Haringey

The Haringey Recovery Service works with individuals about to begin their recovery from Drug and Alcohol use. We’re looking for a volunteer to help support the Service User Involvement Team (SUIT) by attending their Wednesday team meetings and assist in facilitating a group.

Health promotion volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

St Mungo’s work has a strong focus on the health and wellbeing of our clients. The roles and activities will form part of a wider approach to engage our residents with healthcare provision and to work in conjunction with local providers to deliver a range of health promotion workshops. The role will involve developing and delivering workshops on a range of health topics such as: healthy lifestyles, nutrition, diet and physical activity.

HOPESPACE volunteer facilitator

Bath

This role is primarily to help with the facilitation of the HOPESPACE Tuesday evening Social Café, where they meet for refreshments, conversation, board games and art and also in the promotion of the service to help it grow and flourish.

Keeping in touch volunteer

Southwark

We’re looking for volunteers to get involved in a new service called Keeping in Touch.

Keeping in Touch is a telephone advice and signposting service for clients leaving our residential services and moving into independent accommodation. Keeping in Touch provide advice, and signpost clients to support services around:

• Housing and money management
• Health and wellbeing
• Community engagement
• Education, training and employment opportunities.

Language support volunteer

Pan London

We are looking to recruit a bank of bilingual volunteers who can be available on a casual basis to provide translation assistance.

Language support volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

The Horn of Africa Health and Wellbeing Project advises and supports individuals from refugee communities in West London. We’re looking for volunteers with good communication skills (verbal and written) in Amharic, Arabic, Tigre, Tigrinya, or Somali (as well as English). The role will involve:

• Translating service documentation and information, such as assessment questions, feedback forms, posters about services and other information for clients, into refugee community languages.
• Cross checking translated documents.
• Facilitating communication between caseworker and client, by telephone or in person.

Meet and greet volunteer

Southwark

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. The role of the Recovery College Meet & Greet/Admin volunteer is to ensure a warm welcome to students, volunteers, and visitors and to deal with all enquiries professionally, to take an active role in student engagement and wellbeing; and to provide some administration support to the Recovery College team and administrator.

Mental health engagement volunteer

Bristol

We’re looking for volunteers to get involved with St Mungo’s ACE (Assertive Contact & Engagement) who work with people with mental health needs who have chaotic lifestyles and who are not actively engaged with other mental health services. You will be volunteering at the ACE Wellbeing Group in Lawrence Weston, Bristol and you will support the team in the following ways:
• You will help the engagement workers to run a therapeutic mental health/wellbeing drop in group that runs every Weds from 10am to midday – this will include some preparation on the day with full support
• The role will include helping to facilitate sessions, providing refreshments, holding the space if the Engagement worker needs to do a one to one, planning some sessions, researching possible subjects related to wellbeing.

Men’s social group volunteer

Camden

We are looking for someone to restart our social groups in collaboration with our residents. This is an opportunity for our residents to relax together, socialise, and get to know one another. This is a flexible group and we prefer it to be as client-led as possible in terms of how participants make use of the time. We have a small budget for refreshments etc. if needed; we also have a variety of board games, films, an Xbox, and a ping pong table which you can make use of as well as pampering and other possibilities.

Music group volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington. Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for a volunteer who would be happy to come and facilitate a music group for our clients. You will be facilitating the group yourself but will always have staff support and co-facilitation.

New street café volunteer

Bristol

St Mungo’s Recovery College consists of many different groups and courses which are free to members of the community and focus on recovery from homelessness, addiction and/or mental health issues. We’re looking for volunteers to help out with:

• Providing a warm welcome and serving drinks and refreshments to clients
• Helping to ensure everyone’s health and safety
• Helping keep all areas clean and tidy

Night assessment centre volunteer

Bristol

Bristol Shelter Programme offers overnight shelter to people who are sleeping rough. Bristol Shelter Programme is a dynamic service where the aim is to get clients off the streets. It is not a hostel, and can be quite a challenging environment to work in. We’re looking for volunteers to help with:
• Hospitality – welcoming guests, supporting them to feel welcome and safe especially if they are staying for the first time.
• Making hot drinks, serving any food (if available).
• Clearing up the kitchen.
• Supporting staff & clients to set up beds.
• Chatting to clients

Private rent sector volunteer

Southwark

STAR works with clients who are nominated by partners we work with in finding them private rented accommodation. We assist our clients to secure private rented sector accommodation. We are looking for volunteers to support identified clients who are looking for their own accommodation in the private rented sector. This would involve collating referrals, doing assessments, searching sites such as Gumtree for suitable accommodation, supporting clients to make phone calls / viewings / signings with agents/landlords.

Project administration volunteer

Southwark

The employment team work with a wide range of providers and employers and sign post people to different opportunities, including training, volunteering, work placements and jobs. We help hundreds of people every year to move into a wide variety of jobs.

This role will involve:
– Arranging new client appointments
– Scanning, photocopying and printing documents
– Carrying out follow up phone calls to existing clients

Reception/administration volunteer

Hackney

Hackney Recovery Service (HRS) is a fully integrated, recovery-focused service delivered by WDP, in partnership with CNWL and St Mungo’s. We are looking for a reception volunteer and the role will involve:

• Meeting and greeting clients and visitors in reception; you will be the first point of contact for clients and professionals who contact the Reintegration service.
• Ensuring that visitors and clients sign in and out of the building.
• Answering phone calls, transferring calls to appropriate members of staff, taking telephone messages.

Recovery college volunteer ambassador

Southwark

The role of the Recovery College volunteer ambassador is to ensure that we reach out to all of our clients across our London projects and to take an active role in client engagement and wellbeing.

Tasks will include:
-Contacting St Mungo’s hostels across London to schedule visits with staff and clients.
-Visiting projects and meeting staff and clients to promote the Recovery College activities; to attend residents’ meetings and other relevant meetings or events as appropriate.

Refugee casework and support volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

This role is based in the Horn of Africa Health and Wellbeing Project, which advises and supports individuals from refugee communities in West London. Your role will involve providing support to individuals from refugee communities and supporting and advocating for our clients.

Tenancy engagement volunteer

Tower Hamlets

Real Lettings works with low income families who are nominated by local authorities to our properties often in a new area away from their support networks. We assist our tenants to address their employment, training and childcare needs with regular tenancy reviews so that they can successfully settle into their new area and plan to move into private rented sector accommodation.

Volunteer chef assistant

Lambeth

We are a 28 bed and 6 emergency bedspace short stay assessment centre with a mixed client base. We’re looking for volunteers to assist the kitchen volunteer in preparing and serving food to our clients. This is a great opportunity for onsite learning and development.