How to become a volunteer

Research

After one or a few locations have been chosen from our previous Locations page, it is important to ensure that this aged-care home is convenient and suitable for your schedule and experience. Please ensure you have checked:

• resident and staff safety legislation

• possible opportunities for underage volunteers (high school students) - if a ⭐️ location is chosen, then this is already assured

• type of residential homes - dementia/palliative care homes will  be less interactive then other homes. 

Contact

Follow the contact list and send through an email to their service desk, or if possible, their volunteer coordinator!

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These are the resources for:

• ​draft for sending volunteers applications

• specific volunteer links for different homes!​

Response

A response will take up to a few working days to 2 weeks, but feel free to always give the receptionists a call to ensure that they have received your email and application!

Further training

A requirement is the NDIS check for volunteers. This is commonly referred to as the Worker screening check and is usually uncommon for volunteer opportunities; however in part of the healthcare sector, this is required