Role

Together at Home volunteers need to be knowledgeable, confident, reliable people that our members can depend on for a regular form of weekly contact, either over the phone or face-to-face at their home.

Volunteers on the Together at Home programme must complete a three-hour training course before they can be matched to a member, and they will then contact that person once per week. Volunteers must update Together Dementia Support after each contact.

• Attend a training course specific to Together at Home programme delivery

• Contact their member regularly, once per week, either over the phone or via home visit

• Develop ideas for activities, or use pre-determined activities depending on the volunteer’s preference

• Be responsible for getting yourself to and from your visits

• Complete relevant post-visit/contact feedback forms and return to manager in a timely manner

Commitment

We ask that all new volunteers make an initial commitment of one person visited or contacted per week for a year, or per fortnight for a year if that is the agreement in place with the person you are visiting. Of course, volunteers cannot always make it every week – just let us know if you’re unable to make it so we can plan and ensure that contact is maintained.

Other information

Because you will be volunteering with vulnerable adults you are required to undertake a DBS check. No specialist knowledge or prior experience of people with Dementia is required. Some training will be essential, and this will be offered to new recruits in groups during the course of your volunteering. Further training opportunities may also be possible.