Home Library Service Volunteer

Volunteer First; Bishop's Sutton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local volunteering organization is seeking Home Library Service Volunteers to help select and deliver books to customers in need. Volunteers will provide companionship and make a positive impact on the lives of those with mobility or frailty difficulties. This role offers a unique opportunity to build friendships and enhance community connections.

Responsibilities

• Select books from the local library and visit customers on a monthly basis.
• Provide companionship and contact with the outside world to people with mobility or frailty difficulties.

Skills

Ability to relate to older people

Warm, friendly and approachable manner

Good communication and listening skills

Able to work as part of a team

Reasonable level of fitness

Ability to drive/access to a car

Job description

Home Library Service Volunteer - Alresford Library

Home Library Service Volunteers help once a month by selecting books from their local library and visiting customers to exchange them. This service is for anyone who finds it difficult to access their local library due to mobility or frailty.

As a volunteer for the Home Library Service you can enhance somebody's life not only through the library materials that you take for them, but also through your companionship and contact you give them with the outside world. Good friendships have developed out of this service and we very much hope that this will be your experience too.

Responsibilities

• Select books from your local library and visit customers to exchange them on a monthly basis.
• Provide companionship and contact with the outside world to people with mobility or frailty difficulties.

What skills do I need?

• An ability to relate to older people
• A warm, friendly and approachable manner
• Good communication and listening skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• A reasonable level of fitness
• Ability to drive with access to a car is of benefit but not essential