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📄 Currently Recruiting - 💙 Compassionate Companion – Vulnerable Residents (Toowoomba)

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📃 This volunteer opportunity will help to bring companionship and social connection to vulnerable aged care residents, enhancing their well-being and quality of life. 

Volunteers, supported by Chaplaincy Services and the care team, engage with residents through meaningful social interactions in a residential aged care setting, including those with cognitive impairments. 

Residents may be experiencing vulnerability due to life changes such as illness, loss of a caregiver, or limited mobility. Volunteers help create a sense of connection through activities like friendly conversations, sharing coffee in the garden, group meals, music, puzzles, or short walks—tailored to each resident’s needs. 

With the guidance of the care team, volunteers play a key role in fostering a warm, engaging, and supportive environment. 

📍Location: Toowoomba Aged Care Facility, 256 Stenner Street Centenary Heights, QLD, 4350

 

👉🏼 About Us: This facility is a wonderful place to volunteer and support others.

 

✅ How you can help: 

▪️ Friendly conversations over coffee 

▪️ Enjoying time in the garden 

▪️ Sharing meals at the dining table 

▪️ Jigsaw puzzles or playing games 

▪️ Listening to or playing music 

▪️ Taking short walks together 

▪️ Other approved social activities tailored to the resident 

 

🎁 What’s in it for you? 

    ▪️ Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference

 

💍 Commitment: 1-2 hours monthly

 

🕑 Times: Any time between 9am-4pm.

📅 Days: We can cater for the needs of the volunteer and what works best for
you. All times are negotiable.

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

▪️ Reference Checks

▪️ National Police check

▪️ NDIS Workers Screening check

 

🚗 Transport & Parking Options:

▪ Onsite parking and/or free public parking is available

▪ Public transport close to the site is available


♿ This role is accessible for people using:

▪ a wheelchair or mobility device

 

UnitingCare values diversity in our organisation and we have some principles in place that will help to promote both inclusion and access.  If you have any other accessibility requirements, please discuss these at the time of the interview. 

 

  

 

🙋🏼‍♂️ Volunteers Needed. Apply Now.

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