Wellbeing Gardening Group Volunteer – Tuesday PM (Tolworth Hospital)

Job overview

Are you passionate about nature, creativity, and supporting mental wellbeing? Join us as a Wellbeing Gardening Group Volunteer at Tolworth Hospital, where you’ll help service users engage in therapeutic gardening and creative activities that promote recovery, mindfulness, and connection. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a nature-based wellbeing group while gaining experience in a clinical mental health setting.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities

We’re committed to supporting volunteers in achieving their career goals. This role offers a pathway into Bank positions and includes access to ongoing training in key areas such as Safeguarding, Health and Safety, and Equality and Diversity. Volunteering with us provides valuable experience that can support progression into paid employment, and we’re happy to provide references for volunteers who complete their volunteering.

Main duties of the job

As a Wellbeing Gardening Group Volunteer, you’ll help facilitate weekly themed sessions involving planting, decorating, journaling, and harvesting. You’ll support service users in engaging with nature and creative reflection, assist with setting up and tidying materials, and promote a calm, inclusive environment. This role requires empathy, reliability, and a passion for gardening or creative activities.

Flexible working

This role takes place on Tuesday afternoons, with a weekly commitment of up to 3 hours. Volunteers must undergo reference and ID checks and complete mandatory training before starting the role, which can take several months. Interviews are due to take place November 2025.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Wellbeing Gardening Group Volunteer at Tolworth Hospital, you’ll support weekly nature-based sessions that help service users stay engaged and promote recovery.

You’ll build relationships, encourage participation in gardening and creative activities, and assist staff with setting up and running sessions.

This role requires empathy, reliability, and a commitment to personal development within a supportive team environment.

All public facing roles require a proportionate level of English language proficiency for written and verbal communication and the Trust is required to verify results of certain English language competency tests relied upon. When the fluency duty is met by the provision of a sign language interpreter, the interpreter should be registered with the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD).