Dementia Befriending Volunteer

What You'll Do: 

In this role you will

  • Make a regular weekly visit at a time suitable to the older person.
  • Provide conversation and company
  • Spend time chatting with the older person, talking with them about their current and past life experiences
  • Provide feedback on your conversations to our coordinator as required
  • Make our coordinator aware of any emerging issues or concerns that the older person has agreed to be shared with us.
What We're Looking For: 

We are looking for people who have:

  • Good verbal and written skills in English
  • Enjoy conversation.
  • A desire to learn more about an individual and their interests and their past, and life history
  • Consistency and reliability
  • Understanding of Confidentiality
  • Understanding of and empathy with the needs of older people, particularly those living with memory loss and dementia.
  • Patience and Sensitivity
  • Confidence to deal with emergencies
  • We welcome people with community languages, Bengali and Somali in particular.
Summary
Volunteering
Befriender
Older People
Camden
1 Weeks Minimum
2 Hours / Week
Skills you will develop: 
Building relationships and influencing
Communicating
Emotional intelligence
Organisation
Using professional behaviours
Requirements: 
DBS check
Over 18 years old

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