Found 76 Disability Services volunteering opportunities in Victoria VIC

We are looking for a buddy volunteer to connect with Emma to build a friendship and to help her feel less socially isolated. Emma has an intellectual disability and is a friendly, polite young woman who enjoys cafes, walks, movies, shops and games. You and Emma will enjoy fortnightly COVID safe outings in the community.

Blind Sports & Recreation Victoria is looking for a friendly conversationalist to visit a blind lady living in Brunswick each week for a 1 hour chat. You will walk with this lady to a nearby park, take a seat and banter away! You must be open-minded, optimistic and reliable.

If you enjoy walking and talking and live in the St Kilda area, then this volunteer position is for you! You will accompany a vision impaired lady on weekly walks for 1-2 hours to keep her company, build her confidence and keep her safe. You must be reliable, wear a face mask and maintain a social distance at all times.

Connect telephone calls for participants of different telephone groups. These groups run for socially and demographically isolated people all across Australia. We cover all topics of interest and this valuable service is absolutely free! Make a difference in people's lives by connecting them together! You would not be running the groups but making the initial connection. This role will mainly cover general administration duties such as basic data entry.

Volunteer counsellors connect with adults with varied intellectual abilities to provide support and build capabilities. Mick is 25 year old independent young man who is going to start living independently soon. We are looking for a volunteer counsellor to connect with Mick and be able to provide support and counselling to him through this change. Due to COVID -19 this will initially be through digital contact and will progress to fortnightly outings in person once this is permitted.

Leisure Buddy Volunteers connect with adults with intellectual disabilities to provide companionship and reduce the effects of isolation. We are looking for a volunteer to connect with Billy whose interests include art, food, movies, gaming and cooking. Due to COVID -19 this will initially be through digital contact and will progress to fortnightly outings in person once this is permitted.

We are seeking volunteers to assist for 1-2 hours weekly/fortnighty during school term at our dance classes for primary, teens or adults at the fabulous Watermarc facility or the Uniting Church Hall in Pascoe Vale.

Community Visitors uphold the Human Rights of people living in supported care. They visit accommodation facilities and monitor and report on the adequacy of services provided. This role is ideally suited to individuals who are able to visit during day-time hours or late afternoons and who can make a commitment of two years. Training will be provided to support you in the role.

Independent Third Persons (ITPs) attend police interviews for adults and young people with disability to ensure that they are not disadvantaged during the interview process. Police interviews often require people to comprehend complex issues and information quickly, understand their legal rights, and be able to communicate with people in positions of authority. ITPs are trained to support and assist the person with disability through a formal interview process.

Would you like to make a difference to the lives of people in your own community? Become a Community Visitor. Community Visitors are the eyes and the ears of the community and perform an important role of upholding the human rights of people with a cognitive disability and/or mental illness.

Do you have pattern making, sewing or textile skills? Do you like the challenge of problem solving and thinking 'outside the box'? We need volunteers to join our Occupational Therapist when meeting with a client with a disability, helping to identify a solution to their problem (when they can’t find anything commercially suitable). You will get to design and make a solution, enabling the client to have greater independence. Volunteering is ad hoc, you get to do most of the work from home!

Share your experiences, support your community and develop new skills. Volunteer at this Community Support Centre providing services which enhance the quality of life for people with an intellectual disability and their families.

Join our team of friendly, supportive staff & volunteers in our recreational programs for children, teenagers & adults with a disability.

Do you enjoy the outdoors and want to help others benefit from outdoor activities? People Outdoors require reliable and enthusiastic people to support our clients (children, teenagers and adults) with a disability to participate in outdoor activities on overnight, weekend & school holiday camps.

To support and promote TTTAF and its activities; specifically, to support the President and the Executive Committee to ensure the smooth running of the “behind the scenes” functions.

Our organisation provides individual and volunteer citizen advocacy, to support people with an intellectual disability. We need Volunteer Citizen Advocates to help empower people with an intellectual disability to have control over decision making and prevent discrimination or social exclusion.

We're looking for volunteers to facilitate Telelink discussions or deliver the subject matter via their home telephone or mobile. Telelink is a regular on going telephone based group program that is delivered via teleconference. It provides social and peer support, special interest and recreation activities.

If you enjoy crafts and would like to volunteer your time this could be the volunteer opportunity for you. We're seeking volunteers to assist blind and low vision clients with the running of craft projects in a Day Program. Activities include: Knitting, silk scarf painting, leather work, basketry, pottery/ceramics, mosaics etc.

We're seeking Volunteer Drivers to accompany blind or low vision clients to a Dinner Group on the first Monday of each month or the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Our Dinner groups meet at local clubs, hotels and restaurants in and around the northern suburbs and south-eastern suburbs.

Collection Dog Program We have over 80 small counter top collection dogs (measuring in 30cm height) already out there, and we need help placing more. There are a couple of ways in which you could help us. We are looking for volunteers to either: Collect and swap over existing dogs or source new host locations to place dogs.