Volunteer Meals Assistance Program
Break Mealtime Monotony - Support Patients to Enjoy Their Food
Locations: Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital
As a volunteer in our meal assistance program, you will have the opportunity to visit patients, ensure they can access their lunch, and engage in friendly conversations to brighten their day.
What you will be doing:
Join our team of dedicated volunteers in our mission to reduce patient malnutrition and make mealtime a more sociable and enjoyable experience for the patients of Western Health. The Volunteer Meal Assistant Program (VMAP) evolved in response to a Western Health Nutrition Department study that identified a range of benefits in providing one-on-one meal assistance to hospital patients. The program won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2012 Minister for Health Volunteer Awards.
Joining VMAP will see you visiting patients, engaging in friendly conversation, offering assistance such as opening containers and ensuring utensils are in easy reach. Volunteers softly encourage eating, so that patients are able to eat and enjoy their meals.
Shift Hours: Shifts run from 11:30am-1pm; on weekdays.
Interested in this role? Select 'fill in an application' to apply.
Want to chat first? Phone us on (03) 8395 9092 or email us at volunteer@wh.org.au
