Telephone Wellbeing Volunteer

Keeping in regular contact with our members to check on their wellbeing is one of our key services.
Our Wellbeing Volunteers contact a range of different members every week to make a friendly 'check in' call and have a chat. During these calls, you'll provide the opportunity for our members to talk, offer friendly support and make them aware of the Deafblind UK services available to them.
Whatever the conversation you'll be making a positive difference!
This is a home based role so you don't need to be 'local' and you don't need experience to become one of our Wellbeing Volunteers. The majority of our members communicate with clear speech so no specialised skills or knowledge is required. You just need to be comfortable chatting over the phone and be able to commit to a regular weekly time slot to make calls to our members. Some knowledge or experience of sight and or hearing loss would be an advantage in this particular role and confidence in speaking with people of all ages and backgrounds.
We provide full training and ongoing support in this role and ask for a minimum commitment of three months.
We require you to have Wifi and access to a PC, tablet or mobile device. This is to allow you to complete training, have access to the Deafblind UK phone system and to submit online contact logs.

• Confidence and good communication skills but are also someone who may be wanting to build their confidence levels


• Good listening skills


• A warm, friendly and engaging telephone manner


• Empathy with the pressures on deafblind people, their families and an understanding of their need for support


• Good IT skills


• Self-motivation with the ability to work on your own initiative, within the environment of a supportive team


• Able to enjoy interacting with our members from simple information calls to calls where Deafblind UK has changed their life, but also able to efficiently deal with emotional calls, Minimum time commitment


• Not suitable for under 18's


• Will require a criminal record check (DBS)


• Will require references
  
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2 hours per week