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Job Description

Postcode: 4870 (Surfers Paradise, Queensland)

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The program

The Mobility Equipment Hire Service (MEHS) Volunteer will be responsible for responding to enquiries, providing mobility equipment information and completing hire and return procedures.

The opportunity

The volunteer will be responsible for identifying and providing customers with the most appropriate short term hire mobility aids as well as maintaining and carrying out equipment cleaning requirements.

The impact

Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the World’s largest humanitarian network.

For more information, please see the volunteer role description VRD-MEHS-Beenleigh.pdf or contact Barbara Wishart, Branch President: 07 3807 4085

We highly encourage recently retired people to apply.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

The program
Having good social connections are essential for all aspects of health, especially as we age. Red Cross supports older people who live alone or who have few social connections, people with disability and people recovering from mental illness to help improve their wellbeing. Red Cross provides daily telephone calls to check on the wellbeing of people who live alone and are at risk of an accident or illness that may otherwise go unnoticed.

The opportunity
Help support the elderly and people with a disability remain at home by providing a daily phone call ensuring they are safe and well. The participant may be at risk of social isolation and will look forward to speaking to someone from the community.

Client confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

The impact
As a Telecross volunteer, you’ll provide peace of mind and be a friendly voice to people who are elderly or have disability. Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the World’s largest humanitarian network.

For more information, please see the Volunteer Role Description Telecross Tweed Heads.pdf or contact Angela Weight on 07 55245799

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Miss having a yarn with your grandparents? Learn from those wiser, and volunteer to visit the young at heart and keep them connected to the communities they love. No doubt you’ll develop a soft spot for adorable seniors and be able to simultaneously brighten their day!

We’re looking for volunteers from the Gold Coast to Grafton (NSW) to help keep seniors socially connected with their already vibrant local communities and live bolder lives!

The roles:

• Laugh, chat and give purpose to someone’s life through fun, friendly social virtual visits or 1-1 visits to a person in their own home OR;
• Provide reliable and safe transport OR;
• Accompany clients to exciting events and outings to sharing your interests and hobbies, be it cards, crafting or cars

What does our ideal volunteer look like?

• Able and willing to travel to clients
• Thrives on helping others
• Energised by interacting and engaging with people
• Ready to smash stereotypes around ageing
• Flexible availability over a three to six-month commitment
• Enjoy going out and being part of a greater community
• Be compassionate, patient, observant and a good listener
• Comfortable using technology (including smartphones and computers) and basic applications

Time commitment:

• 1 hour a week/fortnight over a six month period

Where we need friendly visitors most:

QLD

NSW

• Far North Coast (Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Ballina to Grafton) 

Work Perks (the good stuff!):

• Meet new people, make new friends, hear and share exciting stories
• Improve employment prospects
• Spend quality time enjoying new and exciting social and cultural experiences
• Feel part of the team with an invite to attend virtual monthly meetings
• You’ll be backed by a training and development team committed to your continuous face-to-face and online learning
• Knowing your efforts volunteering for an award-winning, not-for-profit organisation, support an essential community service
• Truly flexible and supportive work environment – we walk the talk
• Be part of an organisation who’s shaking up the aged care industry
• Plus, meaningful experiences where you know you are making a positive impact in the local community every day

Variety is the spice of life - everyone is welcome and everyone matters at In Great Company and Feros Care. We are proud to be an inclusive organisation, embracing all people, regardless of ethnicity, culture, gender, identity, sexual orientation or disability.