Volunteer Opportunities
Hospice volunteers are a special group of people who are
available to provide supportive services for patients, caregivers,
and our hospice staff. Men, women, students, business people,
retirees and homemakers all donate their time to help our
goal of being the premier hospice provider.
- Visiting with patients
- Helping with personal correspondence, reading or playing
games
- Relieving a caregiver for short periods of time
- Shopping
- Providing child care
- Preparing light meals or assisting at meal time
- Providing transportation for physician office visits, treatments,
outings
- Volunteers
can function in many ways in support of the spiritual needs
of patients and families. This can include Eucharistic
Ministry, Spiritual Care Volunteer training and assignments.
- Volunteers
are an active part of bereavement follow-up; either through
direct support or through telephone contacts and counseling.
Hospice photo quilt and memorial quilt programs, and other
expressions of consolation and support involves volunteers,
as well.
- Involvement in clerical and support
function of Hospice. This may include filing, computer
work, financial data entry or Hospice publications.
- Volunteers
often visit and participate in programs in nursing
homes, patient’s homes and other facilities,
throughout the year and around the holidays. They can offer
alternative therapies such as massage, Therapeutic Touch,
Reiki and other areas of support to patients and families.
- Assistance
with the many fundraising events Hospice plans relies heavily
on volunteer involvement and support. This include Friends
of Hospice, golf outings, walkathons, fashion shows, art
auctions, Tree of Life, holiday gift-wrap at malls and
shopping centers, and many other innovative and exciting
opportunities.
- Our
shop at 51 N. Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, telephone (973)
509-2060, is staffed by volunteers five days a week. Contact
us if you can dedicate time for this worthy effort.
- Involvement
in planning and/or participation in Hospice Memorial services
held throughout the year at our hospice centers.
If you have another idea of how you would like to assist
with hospice care, please let us know. We are interested.
Hospice
Volunteer Training Scheduled in Ocean County
Saint
Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center Offers Volunteer
Training Throughout New Jersey
Volunteers working with patients and their families receive
18 hours of training from the Hospice Team before their participation
in hospice care can begin, but all new volunteers are encouraged
to participate in these classes, which prepare volunteers
to work with the sick and dying, offer support to families
and comfort the bereaved.
Volunteer training is offered throughout the year, according
to the volume of interest, but spring and fall are the usual
seasons to expect a new class to start.
If you have questions please CONTACT
US.
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