Recovery Focus
Activities Volunteer
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Activities Volunteer
Location: Woodcock Court, Gillingham
Timings: 8 Hours per week
About Waythrough
Waythrough provides specialist support across mental health, alcohol, drugs, and related areas. We deliver high-quality, evidence-based services designed around the real needs of the people we serve.
Every year, we support around 125,000 people through over 250 services - and it's all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.
Make a real difference in your community
Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing, or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.
Reach Drug and Alcohol Service
Reach Drug and Alcohol Service is the commissioned community drug and alcohol provision for Dorset. It provides a range of support, interventions, and treatments for adults and young people wanting to make positive changes to their drug and/or alcohol use, as well as supporting family members and running campaigns and events that raise awareness of addiction and celebrate recovery in the community.
Reach is delivered in partnership between Waythrough, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership, and Essential Drug and Alcohol Services. This role is based with the adults service.
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Activities form part of the holistic recovery offer at Reach, offering the people we support time to connect with each other, with nature, and to be more.
The Role
Activity Support Volunteers will support with the running of a weekly allotment group and different projects within the North Dorset team. This is an active volunteer role that will include a range of gardening-related tasks but may also include creative activities and group co-facilitation across the North Team within REACH. You will be a friendly, welcoming face to people who join the activities.
Tasks may include:
- Help with setting up and packing away before and after each session
- Providing support and guidance on all things allotment and gardening-related; including what to plant when and how to look after the growing plants
- Suggesting how to cook the produce and sharing potential recipes
- Producing charts or information leaflets as required to educate and guide people we support about organic growing from soil to plate
- (Co)Facilitate the sessions, ensuring activities are safe and risk assessed as appropriate
- Report any concerns, including safeguarding-related, that may arise in the group
- Support people attending the group to develop their own skills and interests
- Promote the activities on offer with the people we support, through posters, presentations, and conversations
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What We Offer
We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy:
- Discounts from various schemes
- Training and personal development
- A chance to make a real difference in people’s lives
- Free induction and role-specific training
- Support from experienced staff and regular supervision
- Opportunities to meet new people and develop your confidence
- Reimbursement for travel and agreed expenses
- Valuable experience that can support your personal or career development
Inclusion and Accessibility
Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.
We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.
If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team: recruitmentteam@waythrough.org.uk
How to Apply
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Please note that while this role has a stated closing date, we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a high number of applications.
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