Cooking and Baking Volunteer - Female Only (Ealing)
Hestia
support women and children in our refuges to have some fun over the summer holidays with cooking!
- Make sessions interesting and fun for a range of ages. - Develop positive relationships with the children and women, maintain professional boundaries and keep accurate records. - Research and plan new recipes for cooking/baking sessions in collaboration with the group each week. - Encourage the women and children to participate in the sessions and delegate cooking tasks. - Support individuals each week in setting up for the sessions and tidying away afterwards - Keep a record of attendees, provide feedback and report any concerns to the staff team
Community Work
Organising & Planning
- Food Safety Certificate/knowledge or willingness to complete relevant training - Understanding of Domestic abuse and its impact on children and women - Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work with people from different backgrounds - Able to maintain strict confidentiality - Passion and knowledge of healthy eating and cooking
- Supporting You - You will have a dedicated volunteer supervisor to support you in your role; Quarterly volunteer forums with the central Volunteering team and volunteers across Hestia; References for job applications - Developing You - You will gain knowledge and insight into issues that impact Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Mental Health; You will have access to our extensive Learning and Development Programme; 40% of our departed volunteers secured a paid role at Hestia last year! - Valuing You - We hold annual Volunteer Awards and Celebration events; We reimburse travel expenses and up to £5 for lunch for your volunteering; We hold social events and outings for our volunteers to get together and have some fun
Ideally 3 days a week over the 6 week school summer holidays (between 20th July and 28th August)
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Confidential - address to be shared upon registering as a volunteer
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