Description
We’re committed to making volunteers part of our teams and we’re delighted you’re thinking about joining us.
We need your valuable skills and experience. We know the more reflective our volunteers are of the communities we serve, the more relevant our services become. Volunteers can offer personal, cultural, spiritual and creative contributions and offer the time that people need. By working this way, our Trust can provide the best possible, high quality care to ensure our services are person centred, compassionate, caring and effective.
By volunteering with us, you can give your community a voice in everything we do, whilst building new friendships; improving your confidence, boosting your CV and improving your own health and wellbeing.
Where can I volunteer?
All our volunteers are recruited through the volunteer service, which means every volunteer has an opportunity to volunteer in wide range of inpatient and community service roles. As an NHS service provider and specialist provider of mental health, learning disability and autism services, a volunteering experience in our Trust can provide a unique and diverse experience.
Our volunteer roles play a part in making a difference to people’s lives, by providing non-clinical support to people who use our services. No matter what your background, there’s something for you within our volunteer community.
Volunteer supported services
In addition to volunteering in our inpatient and community services the Trust has several innovative and volunteer supported services and programmes, which include:
- League of friends
- Recovery college
- Befriending
- Live Well Wakefield self-management service
- Lay chaplains
- Creative Minds
- Community volunteers
Please visit our website or contact us if you would like to know more.
Contact Details
Contact name: SWYT Volunteer Service
Email address: volunteer@swyt.nhs.uk
Mobile number:
Locations
Address details:
Barnsley, Wakefield, Calderdale, Kirklees
Published: 31 July 2025