Volunteer breakfast club mentor

Role description

Breakfast club volunteers meet with children one morning a week, helping prepare the first meal of the day, and joining the younger members for breakfast.  

Your tasks

Your volunteer role will include: 

• Preparing breakfast.
• Cleaning up when finished.
• Interacting positively with children.

Volunteer requirements and training

Volunteers need to share conversations, model positive behaviour like manners and social skills, and share experiences with the younger children. 

Times and dates vary. We will give your details to your local branch or group and they will contact you to discuss your availability.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)

We all have a responsibility for our own and others’ Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) when undertaking activities on behalf of Red Cross. Therefore, it is important you: 

• Take reasonable care of your own health and safety, do not adversely affect the HSW of others
• Complete health, safety and wellbeing induction, training, programmes and activities – as directed.
• Follow all reasonable instructions given to you relating to HSW.
• Cooperate and comply with New Zealand Red Cross policies, standards and procedures related to health, safety, and wellbeing.
• Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if required, to undertake any work activity
• If you identify a hazard and/or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away to your people leader
• Know what to do in an emergency – for example, how to escape during a fire or what to do if an earthquake occurs
• You must tell someone in charge if you have any health and safety concerns or worried about someone else’s health and safety