💙 Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.
This volunteer opportunity will help to enrich the life of an older person who is living at home through regular visits and social support. By connecting with an older person, your friendship can help reduce social isolation and help maintain a sense of connection to the local community.
🌟 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. 🌟
👉🏼 About Us: Volunteer Bus Companions assist the Respite Team to create a welcoming, inclusive and engaging environment for frail aged people to take part in social outings
📍 Location: BlueCare, Morayfield Neighbourhood Respite Centre, 12-16 Weier Road, Morayfield Qld 4506
✅ What you’ll be doing:
▪️Helping with transport needs e.g. wheelie walkers, wheelchairs ▪️Supporting clients during travel ▪️Supporting community outings alongside a trained carer ▪️Observing and reporting any risks ▪️Assisting with ordering and collecting refreshments or meals ▪️Attending outings to cafes, restaurants, entertainment venues, BBQs, or fishing
🎁 What’s in it for you? ▪️Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference ▪️E️njoy social interaction with others ▪️Do something new and different
☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include:
- An understanding of professional boundaries, privacy and confidentiality.
- Patient and reliable
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.