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Community Visitors Scheme Volunteer - South West WA - various locations

Australian Red Cross
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  • Ongoing Position with minimum commitment of one hour per fortnight
  • Give social companionship to the elderly people
  • Age requirement - 18+ years of age
  • Join the world's largest humanitarian organisation

The program

Having good social connections are essential for all aspects of health and well being, especially as we age. Red Cross supports older people who live alone or have few social connections via Community Visitors Scheme program and assist them to improve their wellbeing.

The opportunity

Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) volunteers make regular social visits and provide companionship and friendship to residents of aged care facilities or older people living in their own homes.

Volunteers are matched one-on-one with a participant or run small groups in aged care facilities with residents who share a common interest.

As a Community Visitor you may learn new skills and make a connection that enriches your life as well as that of the person you visit. The visits are relaxed and social in nature where you might chat together, reminisce, listen to music or play card or board games.

The impact

As a Community Visitors Scheme volunteer, you will brighten the life of someone suffering vulnerability by offering them company and friendship. Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the world's largest humanitarian network.

Our COVID-19 safe practices

It’s vital you review our Red Cross COVID-19 requirements in the ‘Keeping everyone safe from COVID-19’ section here prior to applying.

Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre. We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with different lived experiences, abilities, gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children. Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities.

You can not apply for this role as it is no longer available.