What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Volunteer - Make a Difference position at Haven Home Health & Hospice?
Volunteer: Make a Difference, Fulfill Volunteer Hours Obligations
Haven Hospice is seeking volunteers to visit with patients and/or help with office duties, as well as volunteers with special skills. Come make a difference in our patient's and their family's lives! You can choose what you are comfortable doing while you volunteer, there are many opportunities. Detailed training provided.
Direct Patient Care Volunteers
- Companionship - providing patients/families with socialization
- Brief respite - sitting with a patient while their family caregiver runs errands
- Reading to patients or watching tv with them
- Walking patient’s dog
- Cooking or cleaning
- Helping patient write letters
- Handyman jobs
- Grocery shopping
- Life review - help patient/family reminisce and/or record patient’s life stories
- Etc.
Administrative/Office Volunteers
- Filing
- Preparing patient packets
- Data entry
- Answering the phone
- Special projects
Bereavement Volunteers
- Assist with visits, phone calls and support groups for bereaved family members
- Assist with memorial events
- Put together bereavement mailings
Specialized Services Volunteers - license/certification required
- Massage therapists
- Music therapy
- Pet therapy
- Art Therapy
- Hairdresser
Haven Home Health & Hospice is the only locally-owned, clinician-owned company in the Ozarks. Our volunteers bring comfort to a family and patient when they need it most. Be a part of the hospice experience.
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