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Care home Volunteer: optional follow up phone call After an application is received, you may choose to arrange a follow up phone call • Ideally this should be made within one week of receiving the application. The Volunteer’s Application form should be on hand during the phone call. • The phone call is not a formal interview, it’s a two-way conversation to confirm the suitability of the
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Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD. © Age Cymru 2023 Time Tempo Credits – Sign up & In Volunteer to join Tempo Time Credits is a registered charity. Volunteers who sign up can gain credits to reward them
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Volunteering Role Description Template as at November 2018 Role Title: Culture Club Volunteer Department & Location: Heathy Ageing – Arts and Creativity South Wales Hours of work: Min 2 hours a month Responsible to: Arts and Creativity Programme Manager Role purpose: To provide hands on support for Age Cymru’s Culture Club programme, which enables isolated older people to visit
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Developments in advocacy over the last 4 years Louise Hughes Golden Thread Advocacy Programme Manager Age Cymru 1 New legislation • Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 • Wellbeing and Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 • Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 2 Developments across England and Wales • Change from Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to Liberty
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Care Home Volunteer profile This volunteering opportunity will play a key role in supporting care homes as they facilitate residents' wellbeing. Are you interested in an engaging and unique volunteering activity? This is a chance to make a real difference for care home residents, care home staff and yourself. It would suit someone keen to offer the following qualities and skills: • Good,
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Care home safeguarding training: background information The Age Cymru Basic Adult Safeguarding training is a mandatory training session delivered to all volunteers and can be delivered virtually over Zoom. Safeguarding is staff and volunteers’ responsibility; it’s everyone’s duty to keep adults who need care and support safe from abuse and neglect. This two-hour interactive session ensures that
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Risk Assessment - example document for volunteers The completed document must be shared with all volunteers and associated staff. For it to be useful, it must be shared with those involved. Your care home will have their own relevant risk assessment policy and documents. This is a suggested template only. Care home name Description of role assessed Care home volunteer supporting
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1. What can be found roasting on an open fire in ‘The Christmas song’, sung by Nat King Cole? 2. Which fruit was traditionally put in a Christmas stocking? 3. Which hot drink do the characters sing about in the Christmas classic, Polar Express? 4. In which country is it now traditional to eat KFC for a Christmas dinner? 5. What type of pudding is asked for in the popular Christmas carol, ‘We
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The Tell Me More Project, funded by Welsh Government is all about reaching into care home settings and hearing from the residents so they can share their experiences and hopes for the future.
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Meet the Senior Management Team at Age Cymru
