Volunteer Opportunities
Catholic Homes currently has over 200 volunteers who contribute significantly to supporting and enhancing the experiences and opportunties offered to residents/clients and their families.
Volunteers enable Catholic Homes to provide a variety of lifestyle activities for residents/clients including Fencing, Computers, Gardening, Craft and Cooking to name just a few.
Volunteers undertake a range of roles depending on their interests and the needs of residents/clients. These include spending one on one time, maintining cultural and or community connections, providing pastoral care support, volunteering as bus drivers, participating in group activities or assisting residents/clients to attend appointments.
Why Volunteer?
People choose to become a Volunteer for a variety of reasons, including:
- Sharing their talents or specific interests with residents/clients and employees
- Gaining experience for a future career in aged care or community services
- Developing new skills and experiencing new things
- Connecting with older people and the Catholic Community
- Meeting interesting people and neworking
Who volunteers?
Catholic Homes' volunteers come from diverse backgrounds and are aged between 17 and 90. They include students, retirees, full time and part time workers, parents, people from the local parish and job seekers. Everyone has something to offer!
Celebrating over 50 years in serving the community, Catholic Homes' Volunteer Program is still growing and remains a valuable link providing residents/clients with access to the wider community.
Interested in becoming a Volunteer with Catholic Homes?
Please complete the Volunteer application and send your application to
E human.resources@catholic-homes.org.au
or by post
Attention: Human Resources, Suite B, 2 Domville Avenue, Hawthorn VIC 3122
