Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service

One of the key roles of Neath Port Talbot CVS is to promote volunteering opportunities and to support the growing network of volunteers. Neath Port Talbot CVS operates the Social Services Volunteering Scheme through the work of the Scheme Co-ordinator.

Being a Social Services Volunteer

Volunteers can be linked with either individuals or groups of people who have been referred by Social Services. These could be children, older people, people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities or mental health problems – people who are in need of support from Social Services.

Volunteers can help people in a number of ways with a variety of activities:

• Accompanying people on shopping trips or when they visit friends.
• Calling to a person’s home for a chat.
• Going to the cinema or on a day trip.
• Offering moral support if people are learning new skills at classes.
• Helping people become involved in new activities or to join a local club.

Volunteers are not a substitute for paid staff but complement the services already provided by Social Services and other organisations. Volunteers do not provide basic care such as cleaning and bathing, and should not be asked to handle money on behalf of a service user.

What is the Social Services Volunteering Scheme about?

The Social Services Volunteering Scheme specifically recruits, trains and supports volunteers on behalf of Social Services who are then placed with individual service users or Social Services establishments.

The Scheme is a partnership between Neath Port Talbot Social Services and Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service.

For more information please contact the Volunteer Centre on 01639 631387 or email website@nptcvs.org.uk