Become a Volunteer at Senior Services!
Are you looking for a meaningful way to give back to your community but just don’t know where to start? Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia has a variety of opportunities for volunteers in Western Tidewater and the Hampton Roads metro area.
Volunteer Applications
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Current Opportunities
Comfort Calls
Senior Services is a Meals on Wheels member organization providing meals to seniors who are isolated and would not be provided for without these meals.
Comfort Call volunteers make calls to the home-bound seniors who receive Meals on Wheels to check on their well-being and health. They ensure seniors are receiving all scheduled meal deliveries and ask for the seniors to provide feedback on their experience.
Volunteers can sign up to call 10 – 25 seniors a week and each call ranges between 2-10+ minutes depending on the senior’s social engagement and availability. Calls can be made to seniors Monday through Saturday between 9:30 am – 6:00 pm.
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Office Associates
Senior Services has six major departments and a multitude of programs we offer to the seniors and caregivers in the area including the Western Tidewater Area. Our staff in the Franklin, Suffolk, and Norfolk offices work tirelessly to plan, support, and implement these programs to the benefit of the seniors and caregivers in those communities.
We are looking for volunteers who are skilled at MS Office, database management, and have experience in an office environment to join us as we build and improve the programs we offer. These positions need individuals who are able to learn quickly and are technologically savvy.
These opportunities are during our business hours of Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.
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Ombudsman
If you are a diplomatic and skilled communicator who cares deeply about the quality of care and rights of those seniors and who reside in long-term care facilities, Senior Services can use your help!
The Long-Term Care Ombudsman program team serve as advocates, monitor quality-of-care,and ensure that resident’s rights are protected.
We ask our volunteer Ombudsman to commit to a one year period of service. Ombudsman serve seniors Monday through Friday during the day 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.
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Senior Companions
Senior Companions are part of the National Senior Corps program, a federally funded, stipend-paid “friends-helping-friends” volunteer program.
Senior Companion Program (SCP) partners senior volunteers with adults living independently, who need companionship and a helping hand. In addition to paying a friendly visit, companions often perform a variety of tasks, such as shopping for groceries, writing a letter, or fixing a light meal. In some cases, the senior companion plays a vital role in the life of their client, providing a much-needed link from the community.
Senior Companion volunteers are matched with clients who live right in their own communities. The Senior Companion plays a vital role in the life of their client, helping them to remain independent and connected to the community.
Volunteers must be ages 55+ to join this program and are asked to contribute 20-40 hours per week to being a Companion.
Special Events
Senior Services has a many events throughout a typical year. Stay tuned as more events become available.
Examples of events include:
1. United Way Day of Caring
2. The Art of Healthy Aging Coming in Spring of 2022
3. Western Tidewater Art of Healthy Aging Coming in Fall of 2022
Volunteer Benefits Counselors
Senior Services volunteer benefits counselors provide advice to seniors about their insurance options. Everything from filing or resolving Medicare, Medicaid, or other medical claims to answering questions about the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits. Our volunteer Benefits Counselors are part of the Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP).
Volunteers are provided training on how to counsel seniors about their insurance as well as specific training courses on the information we provide to seniors.
At the end of the training all benefit counselors become certified benefit counselors by passing the comprehensive test. After you become certified, you will set up meetings with seniors and their caregivers to guide them and answer their questions.
We ask volunteers to commit to a one year period, Monday - Friday between 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
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Volunteer Meal Drivers - Delivering meals to Wellness Centers
Volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels pick up meals in coolers and bags from our local supply center deliver the meals to one (or multiple) Wellness Centers. Seniors come together at the Wellness Centers for socialization and nutrition. Volunteers are welcome to visit with the seniors at the center after delivering the meals to the Wellness staff.
Our volunteer drivers serve Monday through Friday on days of their choice from 10:30 am -12:30 pm.
We are looking for individuals who can commit to volunteering at least once a week to delivering meals to Wellness Centers.
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Wellness Class Leaders
Wellness classes are scheduled in 6 to 10 week sessions around the community for seniors. These evidence based classes support seniors in aging well and living healthy lives independently. While some classes include light exercises, most are focused on providing seniors education about wellness.
Volunteer Class Leaders may choose to schedule their own classes and recruit seniors to sign up or have the Wellness Coordinator at Senior Services schedule the classes for them at local wellness centers.
We have five classes volunteers can become leaders for: Bingocize, Matter of Balance, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Chronic Pain Self-Management, and Diabetes Self-Management. You can learn more about these classes online at SSSEVA Wellness Classes
We ask volunteers to commit to teaching at least 1 class (each class is a 6-10 week commitment) each year. These classes can be scheduled Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm.
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HealthWise
HealthWise Volunteer to Teach Technology to 60+ Become a Virtual Coach!
Teach Adults 60+ How To Use Technology To Connect With Family, Friends, And Healthcare Providers. This program is virtual.
Coaches must be:
1. Good with technology Coaches are assigned 2 participants
2. Able to commit to volunteering 2-4 hours a week
3. Able to volunteer for 3 months Coaches Needed! Register Today at 757-524-1646
A. Steps to becoming a volunteer at SSSEVA
Vision, Mission, and Values
Senior Services advocates for seniors each and every day.
Mission: To provide seniors and their caregivers with access to programs and services so they may live their lives with choice and dignity in their communities
Vision: We envision a community that empowers, respects, and values seniors and their caregivers.
Values: Act with courage, Create trust, Exhibit respect, Deliver results
Service Enterprise Certified
At SSSEVA, we are invested in our volunteers. We have worked hard to become certified by Points of Light as a Service Enterprise.
A Service Enterprise is an organization that fundamentally leverages volunteers and their skills throughout their organization to successfully deliver on its social mission.
Our Service Enterprise Initiative Mission:
“Senior Services is an organization where volunteers are an integral asset in the leadership, operations, and resource development.”
Our Volunteer Engagement Goal:
”Senior Services involves volunteers to engage skills, experiences, and talents beyond what our excellent staff brings to our organization. Volunteers are essential to many of the services we offer to the community and exponentially increase our ability to meet our vision, mission, and goal.”
