Found 19 Health Disability Support, volunteering opportunities in Australia

Ready to make a difference beyond the hospital walls? Join our Escort Service volunteer team! As a Volunteer Escort, you'll provide vital support to patients of the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre as a companion, ensuring they reach their appointments at other healthcare facilities and major hospitals. Ensuring seamless experiences for patients attending appointments and ensures vital support to the clinical teams. Join the incredible volunteer team in delivering compassionate care!

A Consumer Advisor is a member of our community who can voice a lived experience of health care at Western Health. They participate in committees, focus groups, projects and a range of other activities to ensure the patient perspective is always considered. Consumer Advisors are part of the Western Health community and should reflect the diversity of our community

Are you looking to contribute to your community? We need people like you to help us care for people admitted to our hospitals.

The helpline was established in 2009, and is the only such service in Australia helping people living with pain. Guides have a personal connection to chronic pain and are able to support callers with chronic pain.

If you are a professional Massage Therapists your valuable skills are required to provide hands on care for staff, patients and carers.

Are you a trained hairdresser with some spare time during the week?

Are you a nurse passionate about working with children and seeking a distinctive opportunity to enhance your experience with a rare condition? Camp Footloose invites you to apply for the role of camp nurse for our October 2024 camp.

Volunteers as Patient and Carer Support team members are required for Maitland Hospital at Metford.

The Maitland Hospital Volunteers Inc. are seeking expressions of interest from individuals who would like to join our volunteer team and provide comfort to our patients, their carers and assist our staff.

The co-facilitator for the "Everybody is Welcome" Pain Support Group can be located anywhere in Australia. The group is a safe space for to help participants to share their experiences of living with chronic pain, promoting self-management techniques, reducing isolation and assisting with health system navigation.

As the Learning and development Officer you will be responsible for developing and implementing a program of work aligned to the G2K’s Training Strategy and Plan to build best practice in training and competency. You will also be responsible for organizing and facilitating various training programs and events as per training needs of the project.

Help our clients to maintain their health and wellbeing in a supportive environment by driving them to and from local appointments using an IPC Health fleet car.

The key role of community connector volunteers in this project is to assist with enabling socially isolated people (primarily 65+) who have been referred from a range of services, including health practitioners, to determine what community activities they would like to participate in and overcome any barriers to participation.

Our Reception Concierge Support Volunteers are the first point of contact for our clients and visitors. They work with our client services staff to welcome community members and make sure they have everything they need to make their reception and appointment waiting time as comfortable as possible.

A Sound Life provides therapeutic and trauma informed yoga and meditation sessions with our participants of varying physical and mental abilities. Our sessions are tailored to each individual's needs and are designed to connect, uplift their spirits while empowering them. This leads to a positive transformation in the well-being for many Australians in need.

The co-facilitator for the Let's Taco About It Pain Support Group must be aged between 18 & 25, live with chronic pain and be comfortable connecting with other young people online. The Tacos is a safe space for young people, helping participants to share their experiences of living with chronic pain, promoting self-management techniques, reducing isolation and assisting with health system navigation.

Our volunteers are part of a dynamic team working together to deliver the best possible service to as many clients as possible. Equestrian and non-equestrian roles available Training is provided. Come and find out how you can fit in to our great team

B&P are seeking a nurse/s, case coordinator/s to be part of an inter-agency team to help them use & evaluate assessments to be utilised by nurses for people with ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and Fibromyalgia. This is part of an active volunteer program, working in partnership with health providers to improve services for people disadvantaged by chronic illness. The position can be used as field work or experience. You will liaise with other practice nurses, clients & uni students

People living with neurological conditions often benefit from organised support that is led by people who have similar health conditions and experiences managing their health. Peer support groups connect people within a safe space empowering them to take control of their health and wellbeing. We are seeking people with lived experience of neurological conditions to train and act as voluntary peer support group leaders in selected metro and regional areas or within your local community.