Facilities Volunteer

Do you have experience in the maintenance or building trade?
Would you like to contribute to the successful running of Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice? We are looking for facilities volunteers to help us provide a special environment for the families that access our services.

About the hospice:

Bluebell Wood offers care for children and young people in South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire and North Derbyshire with a vast range of complex medical needs. We provide support, respite, care in the community and end of life care. Sibling support is also at the heart of our work, as well as counselling, wellbeing and bereavement services.

About this role:

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to assist our Facilities and Estates Team. We are looking for a hard-working, self-motivated person with knowledge of health and safety principles and experience of caretaking or practical & hands on maintenance and with clean UK driving license. This role will contribute to the successful running of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

Key tasks:

• Assist the team with site maintenance (upon completion of required training), to include reactive repairs, planned preventative maintenance, porterage, and project work.

• Assist the team with grounds maintenance & repairs, to include litter picking, path clearing (snow / leaves etc) garden building & furniture repairs, maintenance of garden tools & equipment.

What we are looking for:

Volunteers who: 

• Have a few hours to spare each week to help

• Are physically fit and healthy to fulfil the manual activities involved 

• Have knowledge of health & safety legislation

• Are maintenance or building trade trained or holds relevant qualification(s) in any building trade discipline or equivalent experience / knowledge

• Have experience of PPM’s, statutory maintenance, or reactive repairs

• Are able to work independently and be a team player

• Are friendly, respectful and have good communication skills 

• Understand the sensitive and confidential work which is carried out at the hospice

Dress code:

• Bluebell Wood branded polo shirt (provided)

• Bluebell Wood branded fleece (provided)

• Gloves (provided) (summer and winter for volunteering outside)

• Hat (summer and winter for volunteering outside) 

• External waterproof coat

• Full length trousers (for protection to legs)

• Safety boots or safety trainers (to be provided if unable to obtain these yourself)

Safety boots/trainers to comply with British Standards (Code: EN ISO 20345:2011)

What we offer in return

• The opportunity to develop new and existing skills.

• The chance to be in a voluntary role helping to provide a special environment for the families that access our care.

• The opportunity to meet new people and be part of an enthusiastic team.

• Induction training to help you learn more about Bluebell Wood.

• Training provided in order to carry out your role, including online training. 

• We’ll cover your travel expenses (in line with our policy).

• We’ll provide you with free refreshments and a free meal if you volunteer across lunchtime.

“I've met some wonderful people and experienced some once in a lifetime moments…However, the best thing about volunteering has always been knowing that it makes a difference, in some small way, to the lives of the children and families the Hospice cares for. It has been a very rewarding experience.” – Bluebell Wood Volunteer