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Full Time Volunteer - Therapeutic Services Operations Team

Dublin Simon Community

About Dublin Simon Community

Dublin Simon Community works to prevent and address homelessness in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. We provide services at all stages of homelessness and enable people to move to a place they can call home.

What's Involved

To volunteer directly within the Therapeutic Services Operations Team.

To help co-ordinate and support a series of projects and programmes across services so as to support the work of the Operations team.

Work closely with Operations Manager & team to ensure Treatment Services run smoothly – reviewing & maintaining a high standard of cleanliness throughout the services/building both internally & externally, with service user’s involvement where feasible through peer volunteering or CEE placements.

Ensure compliance with health and safety policies to guarantee welfare is prioritised at all times within services including maintenance, safety and neighbourhood checks and other processes.

Work with Operations Team on processing maintenance requests to ensure the infrastructure required to run services at the various phases of development.

Work with the Catering Team to process orders, batch and file HACCP records, carry out stock reviews & maintain expenditure logs.

What's required for this position

Commitment to the purpose of Dublin Simon Community and to volunteer within the values, policies and procedures of the organisation and in the context of current legislation and regulations.

To participate in regular supervision with your line manager.

To actively participate in team and staff meetings and service reviews/ evaluations and to contribute to the development of policy and practice within your area of work and Dublin Simon as a whole.

To report any area of concern to your line manager in a timely manner.

To show reasonable flexibility in relation to hours of attendance to meet the needs of the service. Volunteering during unsocial hours may be required.

Have a flexible approach to your placement in response to organisational change, development and review of best practice.

Identify training needs with your line manager and participate in training opportunities appropriate to the role.

To be vigilant of any Health, Safety and Welfare risks in the workplace and bring any concerns to the attention of your line manager or Health & Safety Representative.

To participate in the efficient flow of information within the organisation by sharing and seeking information as appropriate.

To undertake other duties as may be requested by the line manager from time to time.

To undertake your volunteering in a manner that is friendly, flexible and informal.

Community Development/ Social work
General Admin/ Office Support

Level of English required for this role:
Fluent English

Times and commitment required for this role

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Morning	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Afternoon	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Evening	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Minimum time commitment: 1 year

Hours required: 10hrs Weekly

Other Details

Location of volunteering opportunity:
Dublin City Centre

Other location details:
Dublin City Centre

Screening details for this role:

Garda Vetting
Informal Interviews
References
Application Form

Volunteers will be provided with the following supports:

Supervision
Ongoing training opportunities

Age restrictions:
Over 18

Is this opportunity suitable for groups/teams of volunteers?
No

Benefits you will receive as a volunteer

Work in a professional environment with regular support and supervision

Getting there

Bus, dart, luas

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This opportunity is posted by:
Volunteer Centre: Dublin City

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