UnitingCare Volunteering Portal

💙 Volunteer to change lives. Yours included. 

This volunteer opportunity will help to enrich the life of an older person who is living at home through regular visits and social support.  By connecting with an older person, your friendship can help reduce social isolation and help maintain a sense of connection to the local community.

🌟 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. 🌟

📍Location: BlueCare, D1 Warner Neighbourhood, 50 Ibis Avenue, Deagon Qld 4017

👉🏼 About Us: BlueCare's Community Neighbourhoods are local place-based teams
that deliver personalised care to people within the communities where they live.
Each customer is supported by a small dedicated team of staff who know the local
area and build ongoing relationships with the people they support. The Social
Support Group Volunteers older and frail aged people to enjoy safe and
meaningful outings that promote social connection, independence and well-being.
Whether visiting a cafe, market, park, garden or a community event, volunteers
help create enjoyable and memorable experiences while encouraging participation,
companionship and a fun.

💍 Commitment: 5-10 hours fortnightly

🕑 Times: 8.45am to 3.45pm to allow for buses to pick up and drop of clients
before returning to the centre

📅 Days: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays

✅ What you’ll be doing:

You can choose from the following volunteer roles based on your interests and skills: 

Social Crew - Entertainment Volunteers

▪️Entertainment through bringing joy by playing music and singing 

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🎁 What’s in it for you?
▪️Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference 
▪️E️njoy social interaction with others 
▪️Do something new and different 
  

☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include:
▪️ An understanding of professional boundaries, privacy and confidentiality. 
▪️Patient and reliable 

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

▪️ Reference Checks

▪️ National Police 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:

▪ accessible toilets

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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.*