
St Joseph's Hospice
20 Nov 2024 ·
Empowered Living Team Volunteer
If you are looking for a 1:1 patient contact volunteering experience or want to engage in a meaningful project then this could be the ideal opportunity for you.
Skills:
Age:
18 - 60
When:
Weekdays
Where:
Onsite
This rewarding volunteering opportunity would suit anyone wishing to pursue a career in the health sector, or anyone from the community wishing to support people with serious illness.
As a member of the Empowered Living Team, the volunteer’s role would be to assist in the delivery of therapy to patients in Newham, Tower Hamlets and City & Hackney, to enable them to live their lives with as much independence and quality of life as is possible.
Tasks can include:
- Supervising a patient to do an exercise programme or practise physical activities
- Talking to patients about some of their worries, concerns, or thoughts
- Providing a patient with massage/relaxation
We would love to hear from you if you are:
- Approachable, friendly, and able to get on well with people of different backgrounds
- Caring and committed to helping improve patients’ quality of life
- Able to work in a professional manner with patients who have a terminal illness
- Enthusiastic to learn and practise new skills
- Reliable and flexible
Skills you can develop:
- Breathlessness management
- Rehabilitation in Palliative Care and mobility rehabilitation
- The confidence to visit patients in their own homes
- How to communicate effectively
- How to handle difficult and challenging situations
- Psychological support and emotional resilience
- How to perform a gentle arm and hand massage routine
This role requires you:
- To be 18+
- To be able to supply the details of two referees
- To be willing to apply for an Enhanced Adult DBS certificate with St. Joseph’s Hospice (unless you are subscribed to the Update Service)
- To complete an interview
- To attend two days Empowered Living training and one day Core training
- To commit to a minimum of 2 hours per week for at least 6 months
What is next?
Apply online to volunteer: http://bttr.im/v0lab