Job overview
This is a valuable volunteering role on our mental health inpatient wards. This role is available in Rochdale
The volunteer role will enhance our patients feeling of wellbeing. We are looking for a friendly and qualified hairdressers to provide hairdressing services within our Mental Health Inpatient Services.
If you want to gain experience, improve your job prospects, or just want to give some of your time to help others, this volunteering role could be for you!
Main duties of the job
The role is intended to increase the feeling of wellbeing of our patience by them ‘having their hair done’.
What the role involves:
- Providing hairdressing services: Cutting Setting Blow dry
- Providing hairdressing services:
- Cutting Setting Blow dry
- Cutting
- Setting
- Blow dry
DBS Level for this role is: Enhanced with adult barred list
The knowledge, skills and attributes required for the role:
- At least level 2 qualification in hairdressing/barbering.
- Good communication skills.
- Punctuality and reliability.
- Ability to effectively engage with service users
What we hope you gain from the role
- Our thanks and appreciation
- New skills and knowledge
- Satisfaction from helping others
Please note: To meet our Trust’s safeguarding obligations applicants for this volunteer role must be aged 18 or over.
We offer opportunities in other services for people aged 16 and 17, please contact the volunteer service to discuss these roles.
Person specification
Requirement
Essential
- Level 2 or higher qualification in hairdressing/barbering
- Good communication skills.
- Punctuality and reliability.
- Ability to effectively engage with service users, carers and staff.
Essential criteria
Essential
- 12 months working experience
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This advert is for Volunteer Hairdresser with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton Under Lyne, North West, England. It is listed as a Healthcare support worker role. The contract type is Voluntary. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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