Share an Hour of Companionship, Community Pastoral Care Volunteer
- Location
- Caringbah
- Workplace
- On-site
About this role
HammondCare pastoral care volunteers have an opportunity to support the spiritual and emotional needs of elderly clients living in their home.
As a pastoral care volunteer, you’ll be actively involved with a local Christian church, offering comfort, presence, and hope to those who need it most.
At 100 years of age, this lovely lady continues to live at home and would value the company of a caring pastoral care volunteer. She would enjoy weekly visits filled with conversation, friendship, kindness and spiritual connection.
A gentle presence, a listening ear and time spent together can bring comfort, companionship and meaning to her week.
You’ll supplement and complement the work of our HammondCare At Home Pastoral Care Coordinator, and under their direction you may:
Support people to meet their spiritual needs
Nurture spiritual development
Skills required for this role:
High level of interpersonal skills, including strong empathy and listening skills.
Pastoral Care training for example Chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education, or you could attend HammondCare pastoral care training- Spiritual Care Series, in preparation to becoming a pastoral care volunteer.
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Thank you for expressing an interest in volunteering with HammondCare.
We truly love connecting with people who want to volunteer with us. Our team will reach out with a phone call or text as soon as we can, and if we’re unable to get through, we’ll follow up with an email. Please take a moment to check your spam or junk folder as well, as some email providers don’t always recognise our messages right away.
More information on volunteering with HammondCare can be found at www.hammond.com.au/volunteer
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If you have any questions, you can call Dani, our friendly Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator on 1800 79 33 99.
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