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Wish Granter
When We Need You
From 19/07/2010 onwards
About Opportunity
Contacts: Wish children and their families; Medical staff if making a visit in a hospital or hospice; Other Make-A-Wish volunteers Key Activities: · Together with a second volunteer, make arrangements to visit the wish child ideally within 7-10 days of receiving information on the wish family · Encourage open discussions with the wish child (and family where appropriate, for example where the child is unable to communicate or understand) to discover the child’s true wish and the reasons for the wish · Obtain one of each type of wish from the child (to go, to meet, to be and to own) in preferential order · Recognise and sensitively discourage parental or sibling influence on the choice of wishes · Ensure the parents of the wish child complete, have witnessed and return all relevant paperwork to you · Write up the wish report within a day of the visit whilst details are fresh (if possible this should be typed) · Submit the wish visit report together with the wish family’s paperwork within one week of the visit, ensuring that all relevant information is included.
Availability
Flexible
About Make-A-Wish Foundation UK (SC037479 )
Make-A-Wish® has a very simple objective - to grant the wishes of children and young people aged 3 to 17 living with life-threatening illnesses.
Skills & Experience
NB: 12 is a guide only - as many volunteers as possible would be welcomed. Good verbal communication with children, young people and parents; Ability to cope with what may be distressing information and situations; Excellent listening and report writing skills; Ability to deal with the unexpected and remain calm and patient in difficult situations.
Travel Details
Own local area
Restrictions
Own transport or ability to get to the location of the wish visit
Requirements
Application Form, Induction/Training, Informal Chat, Interview, Police Check, References
Work Type
Administrative / Office Work
Client Group
Children
Expenses Detail
40 pence per mile or train/bus ticket.
Accessibility Details
Wheelchair Access
No Disabled Toilet
Frequency & Commitment
Wish visits last approx 1 hour, not incl. travel time, to suit the availability of wish child/family & accompanying volunteer. Flexibility needed to cope with any necessry last minute schedule changes
Minimum Age
Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.
Volunteers Required
12
Reference Code
20-634
Opportunity Provided By
Contact Details
The Abbey Mill Business Centre
Sir James Clark Building
Paisley
Scotland
PA1 1TJ
Contact: Unknown Unknown
Tel: 0141 889 0220
Email: info@make-a-wish.org.uk
Website: http://www.make-a-wish.or...
