Volunteer: Pet Therapy Can Brighten Someone's Day!

Residential Home Health and Residential Hospice; Plainfield (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in home health and hospice care seeks volunteers for pet therapy. This rewarding role involves visiting patients with certified pet therapy dogs, providing companionship and support during their healthcare journey. Volunteers play a vital role in bringing joy and comfort to those in need.

Qualifications

• Certification as a pet therapy dog needed.
• Background check and TB test requirement.

Responsibilities

• Visit hospice patients with a certified pet therapy dog.
• Provide companionship and joy to patients.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Animal Handling

Job description

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At Residential Healthcare Group, we are on a mission to positively impact our patients and their families and inspire a renewed sense of hope and confidence by providing exceptional home health, palliative, and hospice care.

To meet the unique needs of every patient and family, our extraordinary care teams serve as way finders and way makers by delivering individualized care plans and experiences, wherever you are.

We are governed by core values in dealing with one another, our patients, their families and caregivers, our partners, customers, and vendors.

We believe that exceptional care is best delivered in a collaborative environment and seek to continually transform the home health, palliative and hospice industries through our proven team-based approach to care management and delivery.

By educating our patients and their families, and advocating for those in need, we aspire to increase access to our industry-leading services at every stage of the patient’s journey, whenever and wherever they need us.

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Bring joy to a hospice patient’s life by visiting with your Certified Pet Therapy Dog! Our patients and their families warmly welcome you into their lives to spend time and enjoy the company of a canine companion. We provide volunteer orientation for you and hope you will consider this rewarding opportunity with your pet therapy companion. Certification as a pet therapy dog must be completed prior to volunteering.

Upon receiving your completed application, an interview, background check, drug and fingerprint screening and TB test will be required before we can set up visits. All pets must be up to date on their vaccinations. Your safety and satisfaction are our greatest concern, and we adhere to all protocols that are necessary for protection and peace of mind.

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.

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• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

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