Volunteering with Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is a fantastic way to share your skills and make a real difference in your community. 
With a variety of roles on offer, we recruit volunteers to positions that suit their skills, interests and availability.
Our volunteer program is well established with over 100 people providing more than 7,000 hours of service every year.
Listed below are some of our current opportunities.
Please submit your application here or click on the 'Fill in an Application' button at the top right-hand corner of this page to apply.
You can also contact us via email: volunteers@accesshc.org.au or phone on 9831 1900
We provide our volunteers with support, training and recognition.
By volunteering with us, you can help to create a healthier and more inclusive community.
Volunteering helps you connect with the community, make new friends, expand your network and boost your work and social skills.
Volunteer Community Connectors
Come use your skills to help people in our community and build social connections with our Access to Community program. Our program provides social support to people wanting to build their social connections by matching participants with a Volunteer Community Connector who helps to link individuals to community and social activities.
As a Community Connector, you can:
Training and support will be provided. For more information, visit www.accesshc.org.au/A2C-Vol or email us at a2Cprogram@accesshc.org.au.
Be part of our dynamic team who work to empower, build confidence and support community connection and belonging.
Volunteers with the Baby’s OK What About You? Group work in partnership with other volunteers to provide care and supervision of infants (and occasional older sibling) whilst their mothers attend a group for new mothers who are struggling in an adjacent room.
Volunteers assist with the setup and tidying of the rooms involved, preparation of food and care of infants.
The Community Support Worker Volunteer provides high quality information, support and referral services, and emergency relief to clients in a confidential and impartial manner, enabling clients to make their own decisions and choices.
Volunteers are provided training through CisVic and onsite mentoring to equip them with knowledge and skills to:
The CSW role involves
Volunteers in the Front Office Team include roles such as:
These roles are many and varied and can include duties such as:
Trentwood at the Hub facilitates a monthly Repair Café where community members can bring items that need repairing. Our team of volunteers help people learn how to fix their items for themselves. It is a free, friendly meeting place.
The Repair Cafe team is currently looking for a volunteer to assist with the administration of the volunteer program. The role includes managing volunteer attendance, keeping the team updated on information and planning as well as other administration tasks. If this role interests you please fill in an Expression of Interest form or contact volunteers@accesshc.org.au for more information.
The Supported Playgroup is a group for parents of young children (0-4 years) to come together to learn and enjoy stories, songs and rhymes. The group aims to support parents with parenting and their relationship with their children.
Supported Playgroup Volunteers offer their time, enthusiasm and encouragement to support our clients in this program. They provide practical support to children and parents to enable them to participate in the program. This includes assisting with the set up of the program and morning tea.
The playgroup runs across three different sites (Templestowe, Hawthorn and Donvale) throughout the week.
Click Here for More Information about the Supported Playgroup
Do you like making people smile and your presence providing them with a sense of security and support? Do you want to provide safety and a sense of community to a vulnerable person?
Apply to become a volunteer driver with Access Health & Community. Our drivers transport local community members to medical, allied health and wellbeing appointments. They provide a door to door service escorting the client between the car and door of their home and the appointment venue; waiting for them finish and returning them home. This program provides our vulnerable community members with a secure and friendly means to attend essential appointments without the fear and physical barriers public transport and other car services can induce.
Learn more about the program: Become a volunteer driver | AccessHC
The Child and Family team are looking for volunteers to assist with their Monday Music Groups that are held in Greythorn and their Tuesday Supported playgroup that is run in Donvale.
Volunteers with the Child and Family team will assist the team in supporting families attending the groups in various ways.
If you are interested in volunteering with our Child and Family team please complete an Expression of Interest form and one of our Child and Family team will be in contact with you.
Access Health and Community's Camcare site is seeking volunteers for various roles. Camcare provides community and practical support to those living in the Boroondara area. Services at Camcare include, but not limited to emergency food relief and counselling.
Camcare is seeking volunteers for reception and administrative roles and Community Support Workers.
If you are interested in volunteering at Camcare Ashburton or Camberwell please complete an Expression Of Interest and one of our staff will be in contact with further information.
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