Join our Team

The volunteer/helper and practitioner will agree a role for the former according to the ability/preference of the volunteer and in line with elements listed above. We value your input and assure you that you are not obliged to undertake any activity that you would prefer to avoid. 

Supervision, support and flexibility: A M4W practitioner will be available for supervision and support at all sessions. Volunteers will be asked to be flexible in terms of their role in deference to participants, for example, some participants may elect to sit somewhere specific, or prefer not to use a particular prop, and in terms of what the group as a whole needs, for example, refreshment timing or seating arrangements. These and other encountered issues should be discussed and agreed by the practitioner and volunteers together.    

Manual handling and personal care: In no circumstances will a volunteer/helper be asked to engage in manual handling or the personal care of any participant. If they elect to help a participant, for example, going to the toilet or helping a participant after a fall, they do so under their own jurisdiction. M4W cannot take responsibility for any accidents or injury that happen as a consequence of volunteer/helper choice to undertake these types of interactions.   

Induction/training: Volunteers/helpers will meet the M4W practitioner(s) who will provide an outline of the group and the sessions, and answer questions on:  

• The purpose and ethos of M4W and the specific sessions they are to be involved with 
• The type of symptoms that participants are likely to present with
• The practitioner’s practical plans and preferences for sessions to help the volunteer to enable these
• What the volunteers would not be legally covered/expected to do  

Insurance: All volunteers/helpers are covered by M4W’s insurance.

Personal information: We will need some basic personal information from you: your full name, address, contacts details and details of an emergency contact person. This information will be managed and stored according to M4W’s GDPR policy.   

Health and safety: A risk assessment for the session space will be available for volunteers/helpers to see if requested. A risk assessment to the volunteer/helper will be undertaken at the beginning of his/her volunteering tenure.  

Payments: This is a voluntary role and as such there will be no payment for your time. You may claim expenses of up to £6 per return trip to and from the location of your session. You will be asked to produce public transport tickets/receipts or claim mileage at 40p per mile. Payments will be made by cheque within two weeks of ticket/mileage submission. 

For more information, please contact: Trish Vella-Burrows/Gemma Warren on 01304 699007 or welcome@music4wellbeing.org.uk.