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Welfare Committee Member

Welfare Committee

The main purpose of the welfare committee is to support the work of CHSS by considering and allocating personal support grants to people with limited financial resources.

We consider providing funds for a wide range of goods or services, provided the need arises directly as a result of chest heart or stroke illness, and the goods or services requested can be shown to make a real difference to the applicant's quality of life.

Application forms are received from sponsors who are, amongst others, health professionals and social workers.

Key tasks

• Receive and assess application forms for grants
• Liaise with application sponsors as appropriate
• Liaise with personal support grants administrator
• Liaise with other members of the committee
• Attend quarterly committee meetings or other meetings as required

Skills and competencies

• Experience of working in a caring support agency
• Knowledge of local authority services and the voluntary sector
• Awareness of the benefits system
• Ability to work in a team
• Be able to attend regular committee meetings and be able to process applications in a reasonable time

Further training will be provided by the charity and all volunteers are supported by the chair of the committee.

Further information

For further information and an application form please contact:

Shona Gilhooly
Tel: 0131 225 6963
Email: Shona Gilhooly

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