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Derg Valley Care in Partnership with Volunteer Now and Citizens Advice Online

can offer opportunities for volunteers to be part of two new initiatives for Castlederg.

Transport Buddy and Digital Champion Training

You can :-

• Gain experience in a training role
• Get a rewarding voluntary opportunity with a tangible outcome
• Add something great for UCAS/C.V
• Give something back to your local community
• Meet new people and be part of a team
• Use your skills to help others

Volunteer Roles

• Transport Buddy

Volunteer transport buddies accompany trainees on a number of journeys until they have the knowledge and confidence to make the journeys independently. This is a very rewarding opportunity as you will clearly see the positive impact on the trainees life allowing them to get to and from college, work or just out and about on their own.

• Digital Champion

Digital champions help participants to gain confidence in using computers and tablets. This is very rewarding as you can make a big difference to isolation and loneliness, enabling vulnerable people to use email, skype, shop and search online.

The roles are flexible and may only require 2-3 hours a week, this will be agreed according to participant need and your availability.

Role Description

Assistant Volunteer Coordinator (Transport Buddy)

Your main responsibilities will include:-

Development of the Transport Buddy Service

• Raising awareness amongst clients and volunteers
• Identifying clients and matching to volunteers
• Organising travel training schedules
• Monitoring travel training progress
• Administration – letters and processing volunteer expenses

Skills Required

• Computer literate
• Knowledge of Excel
• Word and Outlook
• Good communication skills
• Understanding of issues affecting vulnerable adults

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Derg Valley Care is committed to:

• Improving Choice
• Promoting Integration
• Encouraging Independence among older and more vulnerable people and those with disabilities. We supply high quality home care and can manage the administration of Direct Payments ensuring a continuous care package.

We recognise the individual needs of families and carers and seek to offer:

• Respite – day care, vocational and recreational programmes
• Practical support – domestic cleaning services, transport
• Other initiatives – complementary therapies, support groups, lifestyle management to enable families and carers to continue to play the vital role they currently play in society.

Our highly trained home care assistants deliver a personal and discreet service. Our ongoing training and development initiatives play a vital part in promoting high quality care. We also provide training for voluntary carers to enable them to better support their loved ones and help your loved ones stay in the community.

We encourage families, service-users and carers to make comments and give us feedback. This enables us to make improvements to the quality of care provided and helps tailor the service to the needs of the elderly and more vulnerable in society of all ages and abilities, those who are lonely and those who find it difficult to cope.

Our other initiatives include healthy lifestyle initiatives, deaf awareness, chronic disease management programmes, life skills, essential skills and so much more.