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Volunteer opportunities:

These are the current volunteer opportunities available at Healthwatch Rotherham.

To apply, please complete the application form below and send to: info@healthwatchrotherham.org.uk 

Application form

Community Engagement volunteer

What will be my role as a Community Engagement volunteer?

• Supporting people to improve their access to local services, by providing them with information and signposting in person at events and community venues.
• Gathering feedback from the people you speak to through our tailored feedback survey to allow us to understand how to improve our services, to meet people’s needs today and in the future.
• Attending Community groups and engagements with our Community Engagement Officer or alone; speaking to people, setting up and manning our Healthwatch Rotherham information stall, giving out leaflets and information and actively listening to people’s views and experiences of health and social care.
• To volunteer for a minimum of 4 hours per week Mon- Fri, 9am-5pm, for at least 12 months 

Information and Signposting volunteer

What will be my role as an Information & Signposting volunteer?

• Supporting people to improve their access to local services, by providing them with information and signposting by telephone and email. Using our specific pathway document for local and national services.
• Gathering feedback from the people you speak to through our tailored feedback survey to allow us to understand how to improve our services, to meet people’s needs today and in the future.
• Recording all the information you have gathered into our spreadsheet to be shared with Healthwatch England.
• To volunteer for a minimum of 4 hours per week Mon- Fri 9am-5pm for at least 12 months

Social media champion volunteer

What will be my role as a social media champion?

• Supporting people to improve their access to local services, by providing them with information and signposting through social media posts based at home or in the office.
• To volunteer for a minimum of 2 hours per week Mon- Fri, 9am-5pm, for at least 12 months
• Promote our events and engagement work using provided promotional material.
• Identify awareness days/weeks/months and promote them.
• Posting promotional material as requested by partner services.
• Advertise research/consultation opportunities for the public to take part in.
• Identify ways in which we can expand our presence and improve our social media impact.

Strategic Advisory Board Member Volunteer

The Healthwatch Strategic Advisory Board operates completely independent of any influence from CARD, but Healthwatch staff management and financial oversight is provided by CARD. 

As a Strategic Advisory Board member you will play a role in setting the strategic direction of Healthwatch Rotherham, ensuring that the Healthwatch Rotherham vision, aims and values are upheld. You will help to deliver an effective Healthwatch service in line with current legislation. 

Why should you be a Healthwatch strategic Advisory Board Member? 

Healthwatch Rotherham is the only champion for people who use health and social care services in Rotherham.

We have a vital role to play in ensuring people in Rotherham are engaged, listened to and provided with an avenue to tell us their views and opinions. By people sharing their experiences with us we can bring these to health and care providers and decision makers in Rotherham to influence services to make them better. 

You will play a crucial role in the way that Healthwatch Rotherham is led. Good leadership leads to good delivery of the right services to meet the needs of our local community. We need your skills, abilities, knowledge and experiences to be the best we can be.