Volunteering with us

At Silk house, we believe it is really important to support our patients who are living with Dementia. Service users on Silk ward are often in the end stages of dementia but can still benefit significantly from stimulating interaction, social engagement and happiness that can be gained from something as simple as a hand-massage or hairdressing treatment.

We are looking for volunteers – even if it’s a few hours a week – who can support us and the people who are living with Dementia in our care. The post holder would support inpatient service users and the Occupational Therapy team with carrying out self-care and pamper interventions such as hairdressing, hand massage and nail painting. This role directly supports service users in a very practical way to encourage motivation for self-care and to maintain previous levels of beauty care.

Volunteer role description - Beauty Therapist volunteer (pdf)

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Lived Experience Connector® volunteers are people who have personal experience of accessing services. They volunteer with us and will use their skills to describe to students at Chester University their own experiences of receiving care, sharing about their emotions, feelings, fears, hopes, and concerns. Hearing first-hand about people’s lived experience of care will help the students to reflect on their own clinical practice, to develop good relational skills, and will help them to give the best possible person-centred care when they graduate.

Volunteer role description - Lived Experience Connector® volunteer (pdf)

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The post holder would provide a voluntary hairdressing service for some of our inpatients on our older people’s ward in the Bowmere Hospital.

The volunteer hairdresser will only cut, wash, set and blow dry service user’s hair. They will not be allowed to use clippers, razors, straighteners or heated rollers.
 

Volunteer role description - Hairdresser Volunteer (pdf)

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We are passionate about gathering feedback from people who use our services, this will help us continue to improve and develop the service we offer.

The post holder will be part of a network of volunteers working with the Participation and Engagement Practitioner to collect feedback from people who use our service, their families and carers in the care group.

Volunteer role description - Feedback Volunteer (pdf)

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Bring your own, unique lived experience of eating disorders / using ED services to support the EmpowerED Provider Collaborative to ensure the voices of service users, carers & families are heard.

Volunteer role description - EmpowerED Lived Experience Volunteer

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We are looking for people, in particular parents and carers, with lived experience of caring for someone with an eating disorder to join the EmpowerED parent and carer forum. The forum is a place to share your views and ideas and help us to make positive changes to eating disorder services and to influence decision making at the highest levels. We would like you to join the forum if you have experience caring for a young person (aged 18-25) or an adult who has an eating disorder and has accessed eating disorder services in the community or as an inpatient

Volunteer role description - EmpowerED Parent and Carer Forum

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Join the Level Up Lead Provider Collaborative (LPC) Lived Experience Forum, a group of people (Adults) 18 plus, with lived experience of Tier 4 Specialist Mental Health Inpatient Services. Who are empowered to play a full and active role as equal partners in driving service change.

Volunteer role description - Level Up Lived Experience Volunteer 18+

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The Level up Forum has been created to give young people with experience of Tier 4 services the opportunity to create and review new articles, leaflets, information, website information. To create poetry, creative writing, artwork with a focus on improving Tier 4 specialist mental health services.  You are the experts, and we want to hear your views. The Level up Forum has been created to give young people with experience of Tier 4 services the opportunity to create and review new articles, leaflets, information, website information. To create poetry, creative writing, artwork with a focus on improving Tier 4 specialist mental health services.  You are the experts, and we want to hear your views.

Volunteer role description - Level Up Lived Experience Volunteer 13 -18 age group

To apply for this role please contact the Patient & Carer Experience Team cwp.volunteering@nhs.net 

We are looking for people with lived experience of caring, in particular parents and carers who have or are caring for a young person who has accessed Level Up Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) inpatient services. We want parents and carers to share their views and ideas and help us to make positive service changes and to influence decision making.

Volunteer Role Description - Level Up Parent and Carer Forum Volunteer

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Join the Helix Lead Provider Collaborative (LPC) Lived Experience Forum, a group of people (Adults) with lived experience of perinatal services. Who are empowered to play a full and active role as equal partners in driving service change.

Role Description - Helix Lived Experience Forum Volunteer

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We are looking for people with lived experience of caring for people who have or are accessing Helix - specialist perinatal mental health inpatient services across Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales.

We want partners, carers, friends and families to share their experiences, views and recommendations of the specialist perinatal mental health inpatient services we commission. Your voice will help us to make positive service changes and influence decision making.

Role description - Helix Carers and Families Forum Volunteer

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“Volunteer to Career” programme at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) offers opportunities for volunteers to gain experience in a clinical & non clinical settings, with certain roles relating particularly to mental health. This experience will support volunteers to apply for suitable jobs in health and social care, or pursue further training as a health care professional. There are a variety of volunteering roles available as part of the “Volunteer to Career” programme. Each role is for a set period of 6 months, and we will support applicants to identify the most suitable volunteering opportunity for them. Volunteers taking part in this programme will also be provided with a Personalised Training and Development Plan while they are with us, to enable them to gain relevant skills and qualifications to support them to progress further. Please note: completing the 6 months of volunteering of this scheme does not guarantee a job, but equips candidates with the skills, knowledge and confidence to progress with their career ambitions.

Volunteer Role description - Volunteer to Career - Administration and Feedback Volunteer

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If you do not see an opportunity that is of interest, please complete the volunteering opportunities short survey by clicking on the below link or scan the QR code and one of the team will be in touch to discuss volunteering with you.

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“I wish to pursue a career as a mental health nurse, the VtC programme has given me the opportunity to explore the options available to achieving my goal.”

“The VtC programme has given me the opportunity to experience volunteering in an area I am passionate about and opened doors to employment. I have gained a temporary role with CWP and start a physiotherapy degree later this year”

“Volunteering at CWP has helped me gain the experience I needed in working within mental health, and helped me on my way to finding a career as a health and wellbeing coach”