Gardening Volunteer

As a Gardening Volunteer, you'll be helping to maintain some of our fantastic service green spaces! Whether it's a rooftop garden, a small vegetable patch or a patio area - we have areas across all of our services that need the support of your green fingers!

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Perform gardening duties including weeding, digging, pruning, planting, sweeping paths, poisoning weeds, cleaning, general repairs and ad hoc duties as assigned.
• Help maintain the gardens and grounds in a good condition together with various displays of plants.
• Assist with planning and development of garden and grounds.

ESSENTIAL

• Good levels of gardening knowledge
• Good levels of numeracy and literacy
• IT competent - able to use Microsoft Office including Microsoft Teams
• Ability to communicate confidentially and clearly with young people, other volunteers and staff
• Ability to remain calm when involved with challenging individuals and situations
• Understanding of the issues - practical and emotional - facing young people
• Understanding of the importance of teamwork and a strong commitment to being part of a team
• Be reliable and have a positive outlook
• A commitment to demonstrating Centrepoint's values

What do we offer you?

• Structured induction and training
• Ongoing support and supervision from the Volunteering Team
• Ongoing support and supervision from supervisor
• Access to further training
• Travel and other reasonable expenses reimbursed