Volunteering vacancies

Volunteers within DHI have their own individual reasons for volunteering. These range from students wishing to gain work experience in the field, to people who want to use their discretionary time to make a positive contribution to the community and people who have received support from DHI and want to help others facing a situation similar to the one they have overcome.

Whatever your motivation for volunteering, we will value your time as a volunteer with us and we will do what we can to ensure that you enjoy your role by providing the right support and training to help you.

As a volunteer you could add real value to DHI and, whatever your role, you can help us to reach out to even more people in the community and their families. Without volunteers, our impact on social exclusion would not be as successful.

Please contact The Beehive,Walcot Street, Bath for more information or telephone 01225 329 411

See also our volunteer profiles Charlie and Zoe.

Current vacancies

Bath

Community Support/housing team
Flexible hours
Providing follow up social support to clients at home or in the community, who have been recently discharged from the housing team. Helping with the day to day running of the service and assisting with evening and morning outreach (getting information about DHI out to people who may want to access our service)

Information Takeaway
Within 9.30-4.30 Monday/Tuesday/Friday
Assisting drop-in clients to find information about local services

RUH Alcohol Outreach
To offer information about services and brief advice to support patients admitted to Royal United Hospital with alcohol related issues 

Administration Volunteer
Hours by mutual agreement
To provide admin support to a lively team

Social Enterprise Development volunteer
Hours by mutual agreement
An exciting opportunity to assist our Social Enterprise Director with the research, planning and launching of new social enterprise projects

Handyperson
Hours by mutual agreement
To undertake repairs and improvements at our residential locations and to teach these handy skills to service users, to empower them and promote independent living|
 

Chew Magna/Bath and surrounding areas

Veg box delivery
Flexible hours by agreement
As part of our social enterprise, DHI sells veg boxes of food grown by our services users and by other local social enterprises. We are looking for a driver to help us deliver our orders
 

South Gloucestershire

Driver
Weekdays & weekday evenings
Collecting clients from their home and transporting them to DHI’s bases in South Gloucestershire, to attend appointments and support groups.
Vehicle supplied, clean driving license essential

Computer access group facilitator
Wednesday afternoons
To assist in the setting up and running of a new drop in group to teach ITC skills to people in recovery

Service User Rep, Brokerage & Inclusion
Flexible hours
To be a point of contact for service users to feed back on DHI’s Brokerage and Inclusion services

Art Therapy Group Assistant (role available from Feb 2012)
Wednesday mornings
Assisting an art therapist to deliver arts & craft therapy to adults with support needs in Kingswood

Befriender/Buddy
Times by mutual agreement
To provide support to people with disability or at risk of social exclusion to access social activities. Driving licence and vehicle useful but not essential.

Midsomer Norton

Needle Exchange / Harm Reduction Advisor
Weekday afternoons (minimum commitment of 7 hours per week)
Supplying sterile injecting equipment and offering harm reduction advice to service users

Administration / Reception Volunteer
Hours by mutual agreement
To provide a welcoming reception and admin support

Swindon

Drop-in support
Weekdays 10-2pm
To welcome clients and offer general conversation

To find out more about any of these vacancies:

E-mail: volunteer@dhimail.org.uk

Call 01225 329 411

Or ask for an application form at any DHI location