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Volunteering with Alberta Health Services (AHS) is a unique opportunity to support Patient and Family Centred Care. |
AHS volunteers are individuals looking for a rewarding opportunity to share not only their time but provide meaningful support to patients and their families through a variety of roles. Volunteers are a vital link in the important work of Alberta Health Services.
What is the Role of the Volunteer?
Accessing health care can often be an overwhelming and stressful experience. Volunteers provide assistance to patients and their families in a variety of roles throughout a patient’s healthcare journey. The majority of roles include direct patient support, requiring volunteers to be non-judgmental and adhere to AHS’s confidentiality standards.
Please see below for available opportunities. Click the (i) icon for more information on each role
Our preferred applicant:
Curious to learn more?
If you think that volunteering with AHS is right for you and you are ready to get started, just follow these simple steps:
Step 1: Click the [Fill in an Application] button on the right-hand side of this page and complete an application form.
Step 2: Volunteer Resources will review your information and be in contact with you to arrange a 1:1 chat to learn more about your interests and availability. This will also give you an opportunity to get your questions answered. You will also be asked to supply two (2) references.
Step 3: If it is agreed that volunteering with AHS is something that you would like to pursue, you will be asked to complete our volunteer onboarding process including:
Step 4: Learn how to use our volunteer system, how to sign up for opportunities and how to enter volunteer hours. This can occur during or after onboarding is complete.
Thank you for your interest in Volunteer Resources!
About Clients in Home Care and Community Programs.
Our homecare volunteers support individual wellness by helping seniors and adults stay safe, connected, and independent in their own home setting for as long as possible. Volunteers provide companionship and friendship to those who may feel lonely and isolated in their homes.
Every day Homecare volunteers make someone's day brighter. Volunteers complement the care provided by professional staff. As a volunteer, you can gain personal satisfaction from helping others, obtain experience relevant to your future employment or educational plans, meet new people and learn more about the health care system.
Volunteers can:
Palliative Home Care and No One Dies Alone
Volunteers provide non-medical support, companionship, visiting and conversations with Palliative clients and their families.
No One Dies Alone or NODA is a specialized volunteer program offering on-call support for clients either in Palliative home care or in Hospital that are actively dying and have no family or friends available to be with them.
Best Beginnings
The Best Beginnings program offers information and support to young pregnant females. Our volunteers offer child care while clients are in learning sessions.
Caring Hands
Occasionally we have referrals for families who have just had twins, triplets or maybe even quadruplets!! If they have no family or friends close by it may be difficult to manage such a change. Our volunteers go into the home and offer an extra pair of caring hands.
By sharing your time, you can make a positive difference in the lives of others – and enrich your own. Whether you’re reading to clients or walking with them, performing music or just reminiscing, we have an opportunity to suit your unique talents and interests. If you have a new idea that you’d like to bring to one of our clients we’d love to hear it.
