About the Role
With just an hour of your time every other month, you could make a huge difference to the life of a person with a learning disability.
We support a charming older lady just outside Tenby who would love for you to drop by with for a friendly chat, maybe over a cup of tea and a biscuit. She loves visitors and will always be thrilled to see you!
She is a little hard of hearing, so patience would be a valuable. She also has a dementia diagnosis. Experience with this would be valuable, but we can also provide training.
Visits would likely only be around 45 minutes to an hour. She is fairly flexible around times and days of visits, so can suit your schedule.
This is such an amazing opportunity to build a friendship with a truly brilliant woman.
Do get in touch with any questions!
About the Mencap Visiting Service
We offer a lifelong befriending service for adults with learning disabilities. Matching the skills and interests of passionate visitors with the specific hobbies and interests of the people we visit. Visitors visit six times a year to create a 1-2-1 connection, offer companionship, encourage people to do the things they enjoy and check-in on their wellbeing. In many cases, the visitor is the only person in someone’s life who isn’t paid to be there for them.
This is a Stop and Stay visit role, meaning that the person you’ll be visiting might have some verbal communication skills or they use sounds and/or facial/body expressions to communicate with you. The person you visit might choose to take part in simple activities or watch you doing the activities. Your volunteer manager will be happy to help you with ideas and suggestions for things you can do. Visits will vary in length but tend to be around half an hour to an hour long.
In this role you will spend quality time with the person you visit and could do a range of different activities like:
Sitting and having a chat
Checking in on their well- being
A craft activity at home
Reading a book/magazine together
As a Mencap volunteer visitor you will be:
Friendly and approachable
Accepting of others who might be different to yourself
Reliable and patient
Passionate about supporting people with a with a learning disability.
As a Mencap visitor you will:
Have the opportunity to help make a difference to the life of the person you visit
Receive a personalised volunteer induction and training
Have agreed out of pocket expenses reimbursed
Meet new people
Get on-going support, and feel appreciated and valued