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Looking to Make a Difference in your community? Share your time and smile with a neighbour living with a life limiting illness.
On a weekly basis, visiting volunteers provide companionship, practical assistance and emotional support to clients in their home. Their visits also provide relief to caregivers. Volunteers should be interested in helping others and have the ability to listen, support and validate others in a non-judgmental way. Our social worker matches volunteers with clients and provides on-going guidance to support their visits.
Qualifications:
- Friendly and caring
- Empathetic to people dealing with life threatening illness and their families
- Good communication and active listening skills
- Able to work independently
Time Commitment 2 to 4 hours per week Monday to Friday during daytime hours. Times are arranged to suit both client and volunteer.
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Minimum age requirement is Yound Adult (Age 18-56) for all participants of this event.
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