Volunteers are an integral part of the Cancer Care and Palliative Care Teams Through a variety of volunteer roles and settings, they provide compassionate care, comfort, and support to patients living with a life-limiting illness, and their chosen families.
The Sunshine Room is a place where clients undergoing cancer treatments can find solace with volunteers who understand what they are going through, in a welcoming and comforting environment. Some of the therapies that clients can receive in the Sunshine Room are: reflexology, reiki, massage, hairstyling/cutting/wig fitting.
The practitioners are all registered practitioners who volunteer in this space.
We are currently recruiting for the following volunteer positions:
* Greeters
* Hairstylists
* Massage Therapists
* Reiki Practitioners
* Reflexology Practitioners
Nova Scotia Health's Palliative Care Volunteers are an integral part of the Palliative Care Team. Through a variety of volunteer roles and settings, they provide compassionate care, comfort, and support to patients who are living with a life-limiting illness.
Our Therapy Dog volunteers bring comfort, joy, and a sense of companionship through pet visitation to patients and their families on the palliative care unit. All Therapy Dog volunteer teams are required to be certified through the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Training Program or Therapeutic Paws of Canada. As a Therapy Dog volunteer, you can provide a wonderful break in what can be a stressful time for both patients and staff alike. If you and your dog are a certified Therapy Dog team, then this role is for you.
Our Cancer Care Hospitality Volunteers are friendly faces welcoming patients and families as they arrive to the unit for their appointments. They provide support, comfort, and assistance, to patients and visitors within our Cancer Care Units. Our volunteers may offer comfort items to patients and visitors in the waiting area such as refreshments, warm blankets, tissues, head wraps. If you have a passion for helping those living with cancer, then this role may be for you.
The Palliative Care Grief Support Group Co-Facilitator volunteer will serve as a compassionate co-facilitator alongside the Bereavement Coordinator, a registered social worker, to support individuals navigating the grieving process. The volunteer will assist in leading 7-week closed grief support groups, providing emotional support and fostering a safe, empathetic space for participants to share their grief journey. If you are a compassionate, dependable, patient and empathetic individual who is able to provide emotional support to those in grief, then this may be the volunteer opportunity for you.
To support and promote compassionate care for individuals and their chosen families who are receiving treatment for cancer and for individuals who are receiving palliative and end-of-life care.
