Home Visiting Volunteer - Community Aged Care
Northern Suburbs (customer homes - home visiting program)
As a Home Visiting Volunteer, you'll visit Community Aged Care customer’s homes, providing warm & friendly conversations to assist in reducing social isolation, a significant risk factor for our aging community’s well-being.
Days: Monday to Friday, negotiable. During business hours
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for warm and friendly volunteers to provide important social connections through home visits to older South Australians. By volunteering you'll assist in reducing the biggest risk factor of social isolation for our aging community, by offering caring companionship through one-to one visits to those experiencing loneliness.
What can you expect to be doing?
Home visiting Customers: Visiting carefully matched older South Australians in their homes, providing friendly conversation or a shared interest for an hour once a week or fortnight. Your kindness and engagement will help alleviate feelings of loneliness and social isolation.
Document Your Impact: Briefly record your visit details and email a brief update to the customer’s Care Coordinator.
Reporting: Share any customer concerns with customer’s Care Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator.
What do you need to bring?
- Ability to engage effectively with others in accordance with AnglicareSA’s values
- Empathy, compassion, and a non-judgmental, respectful approach
- Ability to speak clearly with people who might have trouble hearing
- Relate well with people from a variety of different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
- Report to the volunteer coordinator any areas of concern regarding the customers you are volunteering with
Benefits of Volunteering with AnglicareSA:
- Connection with your goals: volunteering experiences that connect with your short & long-term goals
- Make a Real Impact: Your companionship will provide much-needed social connection and support to older South Australians.
- Be Part of an Amazing Team: Without our dedicated volunteers, we wouldn’t be able to offer our range of services and support to those in need.
- One-on-One Support: Enjoy personalised assistance from our Volunteer Coordinator and access to the latest resources to help you make and document calls effortlessly.
Requirements:
- Nation Police Check
- Influenza vaccination
Contact: Anna Kerley - 0427 198 332
