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Healthcare Support Volunteer

Location Newham-Greater London
Job ID 2025-17087
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Volunteering with Adults
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Overview

As a Healthcare Support Volunteer you are an equal and valued member of the

Healthcare team, supporting them in the day-to-day delivery of health and wellbeing

interventions. Our service users’ health and wellbeing is really important to us so you will

be playing a pivotal role in supporting the promotion of healthier lifestyles and harm

reduction interventions including providing naloxone within our services and

community hubs. You will be supporting clinics by working with clients to prepare them

for a medical review this will include taking blood pressure, screening for substances

and discussing expectations. Following training you will support the facilitation and

delivery of Blood Bourne Virus screening and vaccinations as part of the healthcare

team. You will be working closely with staff and partner agencies supporting service

users to access treatment and clinical interventions.

Responsibilities

Volunteering at Change Grow Live

 

  • Volunteers contribute to Change Grow Live in a variety of ways. From Admin Volunteers to Service User Reps, from Peer Mentors to Healthcare Support Volunteers, from Independent Visitors to Community Mentors each volunteer brings a unique set of skills and talents. We are incredibly grateful for all that volunteers do to support our service users.
  • If there isn’t a specific volunteering role listed for the service in your area, or have a skill you would like to donate to us you can use this listing to express your interest
  • Most of our volunteer opportunities don’t need any special qualifications. We’ll make sure you get all the training and support you need. All we ask is that you're kind, open-minded and passionate about supporting people.
  • Everyone is welcome at Change Grow Live. As a volunteer you will be treated with respect and accepted for who you are. You don’t need to have personal experience of drug and alcohol recovery to get involved

 

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

 

Closing Date

30/7/2025

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Valentina Castellana | valentina.castellana@cgl.org.uk | 07917460749

 

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

 

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.