Hydrotherapy Pool Spotter Volunteer

We’re looking for Hydrotherapy Pool Spotter Volunteers to support our children, young people and families at our Birmingham Hospice

At Acorns we provide care and support for life limited or life threatened children and their families.  We have three hospices in the West Midlands, which provide a happy homely environment where children can experience all kinds of great activities, meet new friends or relax and enjoy some quiet time.

Hydrotherapy Pool Spotter Volunteers need to be lifeguard trained and we provide this training free for our volunteers. Training takes 6 hours over a 1 day period and volunteers are required to retrain every 2 years.

Once trained, volunteering with us is flexible and you can choose the days/times that you help us. Our children and families use our pools in Birmingham weekdays and at weekends so you’ll have lots of volunteering opportunities. We ask our volunteers for a minimum commitment of 2 sessions per month and commit for at least 1 year.
Volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Check, which we will pay for and process for you.

Am I right for the role?

Hydrotherapy Pool Spotter Volunteers need to:

• Be welcoming and friendly
• Have good communication skills
• Be physically fit and a confident swimmer
• Be willing to undertake lifeguard training
• Be reliable
• Be sensitive to the needs of our children, young people and families
  
  What we offer:
   
• Meet new people everyday
• Access to free online courses
• Learn new skills to boost your CV
• Retail discounts
• Volunteer recognition scheme to show our appreciation

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

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