Hospice Volunteer (Unpaid)

BAYADA Home Health Care; Norwich; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

BAYADA Hospice seeks volunteers to assist clients and families, offering tasks like patient visits, legacy projects, and companionship. This unpaid position allows individuals to support others while gaining community experience and professional development. Volunteers will engage in fulfilling activities that make a significant difference in the lives of others.

Benefits

Free training and support

Make a difference in the community

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and effectively communicate.
• Criminal background check required.

Responsibilities

• Patient visits including companionship, reading, and exercise.
• Participate in legacy projects and provide bereavement support.

Skills

Communication

Job description

This is an unpaid position.

BAYADA Hospice is looking for Volunteers!

BAYADA Hospice is currently seeking Volunteers to be a part of our team. Our office, located in Norwich, VT, services clients in territories throughout Windsor and Orange counties in Vermont and Grafton and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire.

At BAYADA Hospice, we believe that our clients and their families deserve care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability. Your important work will help ensure that our clients come first and that our BAYADA caregivers have the support they need to be successful.

Volunteers Opportunities may include:

• Track your volunteer hours (prep, travel and activity included) with the volunteer coordinator.
• Patient visits (Companionship, Reading, Life review, Exercise)
• Legacy projects to help the family remember their loved one (arts / cooking / music/ etc)
• Reading, Movies, Crafts, Activities at Senior living facilities
• Pet therapy (if you have a therapy animal)
• Virtual projects from home or around your town (singing, art, crafts, reading, music)
• Office projects (companionship calls or office help)
• Gardening program assistance
• Bereavement support
• Vigil companionship

Why volunteer with BAYADA Hospice?

• Become involved in your community.
• Make a difference in the lives of others.
• Be part of a caring and compassionate team of hospice professionals.
• Participate in free training and support.
• Add to your professional development.

Qualifications:

• Ability to read, write, and effectively communicate.
• Have a criminal background check completed, as per state requirements.
• Meet all state requirements for volunteers, where applicable.

BAYADA believes that our clients and their families deserve home health care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability.

If anything in our volunteer job post is interesting, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator David Trenor via email at [e-mail] or text / call 802 855 4897 for more information.

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As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.