Staff and Volunteers at Deafinitely Independent

We are looking for dedicated people who are either proficient in BSL (British Sign Language) or willing to learn it.

Whether you can work full-time or part-time, as a regular or occasional volunteer, we would love to meet you and introduce you to our wonderful residents at Deafinitely Independent.

You will of course need to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure and satisfactory references.

As a member of staff, you will help residents with their activities, perhaps shopping trips, cooking a meal and building friendships with them.  Your role is to treat every resident with respect, dignity and compassion.

As a volunteer you will work alongside the care staff.  Perhaps you have a particular skill you would like to put to good use to benefit our residents.  Your help as a volunteer can make a real difference.  All our volunteers will be provided with appropriate training.  Please send us an email or call us on 01926 337743 to arrange to call in and see us.  To give an idea of where you could help, here is a short description of a typical day at DI:

A typical day (if there is such a thing) is planned around each individual from the time they get up, to how much they are involved with their own food preparation, to going out on their own, with another resident or with their key worker.  This also includes holidays, weekend and evening activities.  Current activities include life skills, sewing and textiles, patchwork craft, gardening, cookery, cake decoration, flower arranging, pottery, art, swimming, computer skills and English for the deaf.  Residents are encouraged to be as independent as possible within their capabilities.

Volunteer Tianna Langley said:
Deafinitely Independent are a kind caring and understanding residential home,  I did a two week work placement whilst studying the Prince's Trust course at Warwickshire College.  Although I was not staff they treated me like a colleague and understood I was still learning.  They did not put me out of my comfort zone but did use my skills and teach me new ones.  I feel I have improved my caring skills and can now understand what it is like working in such a fast pace friendly residential home.  All the staff members helped me through the two weeks and taught me the things I needed to know.  They got me involved with the day-to-day activities and included me in the daily routines with the residents.  All the staff were polite and encouraged me when I was struggling.  Deafinitely Independent have opened a load of new opportunities for me and hopefully in the future I get to be a part of this amazing team.   (Tianna Langley, Prince's Trust college course, Leamington Spa)

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