Visiting Hospice Volunteer

As a Visiting Hospice Volunteer, your dedication and kindness enables us to provide support to palliative clients and their families. Volunteers are matched one-to-one with an individual in the community based on shared background, interests or hobbies. The same volunteer visits weekly to provide companionship and respite time to the individual and their family.

The Visiting Hospice Program aims to create a rewarding experience for both our volunteers and our clients by fostering connection and meaningful support. The program offers opportunities for social companionship, legacy work, activities of interest, respite relief, and more.

Visiting Hospice Volunteers visit their client at a mutually agreed upon time wherever the client resides, whether that be a residential home, long term care facility, hospice residence, retirement or hospital.

Visiting Hospice Volunteers:

• Are thoroughly screened including interview, reference checks, and vulnerable sector police screening
• Receive 30 hours of training, specific to hospice palliative care
• Display sensitivity, good communication skills, willingness to help, and have respect for the privacy and dignity of others
• Provide emotional, social and practical support as well as an opportunity for caregivers to take time away or to rest
• Receive ongoing training, supervision and group support
• Are part of a larger team of professionals committed to providing optimal care to bring quality of life to those they serve

For more information about the Visiting Hospice Volunteer Program, please contact our Chelsey our Coordinator of Volunteers at 519.508.4900 x730 / chelsey@rotaryhospice.ca or visiting the website link for a pdf application.

The next Visiting Hospice Volunteer onboarding is scheduled for late September.