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Donation Sorters (Mareeba)

Lifeline Queensland

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Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.

This volunteer opportunity will help to prepare incoming donations being recieved at the back of the shop ready to stock the shop floor.

🌟 Be part of a welcoming and diverse volunteer teams that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting people to live life in all its fullness by valuing and respecting the unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions of every person, and by creating an inclusive, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong. 🌟

Your energetic contribution of time will assist with the sorting of donations into predefined categories.  Donations received range in variety from pre-loved clothing to furniture and quality someone with a keen eye for detail will help prepare donations ready to be placed on the shop floor.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Receive incoming donations
  • Sort donations
  • Moving donations to storage
  • Move larger stock into the shop

🎁 What’s in it for you?

  • Enjoy social interaction with others

🎁 As a thank you for your volunteering, you’ll receive a discount card to use throughout our store. You’ll receive your card after one month of continuous volunteering 🎁

☑️ Requirements of this role include:

  • Physically fit to undertake manual handling tasks

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:   

Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children   

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services  

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

️‍❤️ UnitingCare’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Child Safety Statement ❤️

UnitingCare is committed to child-safe practices and to building a volunteer workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. To ensure our team mirrors the diversity of the children in our care, We actively invite volunteers from all backgrounds, including young people (15–24 years), people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and older people seeking purpose and connection.

UnitingCare is committed to equitable access and will provide reasonable adjustments to support all applicants. Please advise us of any accessibility requirements at the time of your interview.

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