Gardener and DIY Volunteer with Barnardos
Gardener and DIY Volunteer with Barnardos, Buckingham Street, Dublin 1.
Barnardos is looking for a volunteer with interest and experience in gardening and DIY is required for Barnardos in Buckingham Street to assist with small jobs.
Outline of Volunteers Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Help with maintenance of the building, including the cleaning of gutters and outdoor areas.
- Small carpentry jobs such as hanging pictures, area clear-outs, maintenance of the interior building.
- Gardening, including watering and maintenance of outdoor plants and flowerbeds, pruning and weeding.
- Help with general tidying of any rubbish/debris in garden and surrounding areas.
Training and Support Plan:
- Barnardos will provide induction, and follow up training with volunteer, as required.
- Where possible the volunteer will attend training as provided centrally in Barnardos, and where linkages are available locally to other training providers.
- Supervised by Project Leader with delegation to Project Staff as assigned by Project Leader.
- As this volunteer role is a physical role the person should be in good health and know how to use the correct manual handling techniques when lifting, completing tasks etc.
Time Commitment:
Flexible arrangements regarding time to facilitate volunteer while also meeting the needs of our service. Project services operate Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm only. Time commitment will be 2-3hrs approximately every two/three weeks during the Autumn and Winter, and 1-2hrs weekly during the Spring and Summer months.
Person Specification:
- Friendly and polite.
- Patience to deal with the various requests that can arise.
- Awareness of importance of confidentiality in relation to service users.
- Gets on well with children.