Lead Gardening Volunteer - Bushey Fields HospitalNHS

Job summary

Purpose of volunteering role:

To support the Occupational Therapy team with developing and maintaining therapeutic garden spaces at Bushey Fields Mental Health Hospital.

This is a voluntary role which is unpaid.

Disclaimer: This opportunity is subject to the successful completion of employment checks (DBS, ID, references and relevant e-learning). This role is voluntary and unpaid, and you are free to leave at any time. However, by remaining in the role for a reasonable period, both you and the organisation will gain the greatest benefit from the experience. We also actively encourage individuals with lived experience to apply for our vacancies. Please note that we are unable to accept recent service users into roles within the same site or service where they received care. This helps maintain clear boundaries, protects confidentiality, and ensures individuals have enough distance from their own recovery to feel confident and supported in a volunteer role.

Main duties of the job

Examples of how you can help us:

Please ensure you have thoroughly read the volunteer role description before applying, to ensure you fully understand the role requirements, expected volunteering times, and that you are able to meet the availability needed for the role.

Please include in your application reasons you wish to volunteer and your availability to support.

We are specifically looking a volunteer confident in sharing their Gardening Knowledge with Staff/Patients

We are looking for volunteers who can support for a minimum of six months. Please note that we are unable to contribute towards placement hours or offer short-term volunteering opportunities, as these would be classed as work experience or placement-based activities rather than volunteering. Please note: we do not accept AI applications.

Job description

Please see attached Volunteer Role Description - for more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role

About us

Black Country Healthcare is a major provider of NHS mental health services for more than a million people across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton:

Adult and older adult mental health services

• Specialist learning disabilities services
• Mental health services for children and young people
• Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley

We're proud to be rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, and that many of our staff have won awards for their work.