Dining Support

Dining Support Assistant at the RNBT's RNRM veteran care home, Admiral Jellicoe House, Locksway Road, Southsea. We are looking for volunteers to help residents at meal times, and also to assist with the Tea Trolley mid afternoon.

Assisting staff to provide a friendly face, to accompany residents during meal times. We operate a "butterfly approach" to our residents where there are no structured meal times, focusing on person centric care. Volunteers will be chatting to residents whilst they have their meals, both in the lounges, and in their suites. This role is flexible to suit your availability and the hours are changeable. 

About the organisation

RNBT is the principal naval benevolence charity assisting serving and retired Sailors and Royal Marines and their dependents in their time of need.

Process:

You will need an account to register your interest for this role. Once you have registered your interest you will receive an automatic email with next steps. If you have not received this in a couple of hours, please do get in touch as it may not have registered (volunteering@hiveportsmouth.org.uk). 

You will need to respond to the "Criteria Check" email to progress with this role. 

Please check your junk email folder in case any emails end up there.  Friendly reminder that the charities/organisations emails may end up here too. 

Don't forget you can add up any volunteering hours as part of Team 100 Opportunity - Hive Portsmouth or part of the Donate 100 things challenge Opportunity - Hive Portsmouth.

Skills

Empathy

cheery persona

Engaging with the residents

Military veteran, or someone with a military background is desirable

Preferable for the volunteer to come in at least once a week