Description:
Become a Volunteer Visitor and provide friendship and companionship to an older person living in an aged care home on the Central Coast...and best of all, you can bring along your best friend to volunteer with you too!If you live in the mid-lower end of the Central Coast, there's a new friend waiting to meet you (and your dog!) right now!
We're looking for volunteers who live, work, or are willing to travel to Gosford, Lisarow, Wyoming, Erina, Woy Woy, Point Clare and Umina Beach areas wanting to make a real difference to the social wellbeing of an older person.
No special skills or experience required for Volunteer Visitors. Just a commitment to visit on a weekly or fortnightly basis for an hour, a well-behaved dog, a caring outlook and a genuine wish to get to know an older person and provide an opportunity for social connection... with you and your dog!.
The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) supports older people who are socially isolated and feeling lonely by matching them with a Volunteer Visitor for regular 1:1 in-person social visits. Just an hour, once a fortnight, can make a real difference to the person you are matched up with.
Volunteering as an Aged Care Volunteer Visitor gives you access to new perspectives and helps you connect with your community.
Share the joy of your animal companion with another dog-lover
Make a new friend
Have a chat and a laugh together
Volunteer Visitors are:
aged 18 years and older
empathetic and have a genuine warmth towards older people
good communicators and great listeners
patient, kind and caring
willing to commit to being a regular visitor to the special person that are matched up with
Volunteer Visitor dogs do not need any special training or pet therapy accreditation, but must be well-behaved, clean and suitable for visiting in an aged care environment.
Location: In-person visits take place in an aged care home on the NSW Central Coast
***An interview with Volunteering Central Coasts ACVVS Coordinator is required. You will be contacted to arrange a mutually convenient time and place. ***
** Category **
Seniors & Aged Care
** Commitment **
Regular - more than 6 months
** Type Of Work **
Companionship & Social Support,Seniors & Aged Care,Working with Animals,
** Time Required **
Flexible hours between 9am and 4pm
Regular visits for an hour fortnightly
** Training **
Online induction training. In-person orientation. Ongoing support.
28 Mar 2025;
from:
uworkin.com