UnitingCare Volunteering Portal

📃 This volunteer opportunity will help to make a meaningful difference by engaging with residents and contributing to the diversity of their day-to-day activities and/or entertainment options 

🌟 Be part of a welcoming and diverse volunteer teams that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting people to live life in all its fullness by valuing and respecting the unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions of every person, and by creating an inclusive, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong.🌟

Activities are an integral part of the health and well-being of residents. Daily activities include art and craft, playing board and memory games, concerts, or simply sharing stories over a cuppa.  If you have a special skill, interest or hobby that could be shared as an activity we would love to hear from you. 

📍Location: Atherton Community and Respite Care, 47 Kelly St, Atherton

BlueCare Day Respite Centres allow elderly persons in our communities to take a break from their regular environment, meet new people and have a fun and rewarding experience while still having their care needs met. Volunteers enjoy friendly conversations while participating in fun activities.

✅ What you’ll be doing: 

🎁 What’s in it for you? 

💍 Commitment: Get started from as little as 3-4 hours Fortnightly  

☑️ Requirements of this role include: 

▪️ No previous experience is needed.

▪️ Good verbal communication skills with diverse residents

▪️ Empathetic, patient and respectful 

☑️ We’ll need to do the following checks before you start: 

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

▪ Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

▪ Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

▪ Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

▪ Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

️❤️ UnitingCare’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Child Safety Statement ️❤️

UnitingCare is committed to child-safe practices and to building a volunteer workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. To ensure our team mirrors the diversity of the children in our care, We actively invite volunteers from all backgrounds, including young people (15–24 years), people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and older people seeking purpose and connection.

UnitingCare is committed to equitable access and will provide reasonable adjustments to support all applicants. Please advise us of any accessibility requirements at the time of your interview.