Found 71 Counselling & Help Line volunteering opportunities in Australia

Have you ever wished you had a mentor, an extra adult to talk to when you were growing up? Then become a mentor, who spends an hour a week being a positive role model, listening and doing activities with a student for 1 hour each week during school hours during the school year. EdConnect Australia are seeking volunteers with general life skills to help young people in secondary schools who are at risk of disengaging in education.

Have you ever wished you had a mentor, an extra adult to talk to when you were growing up? Then become a mentor, who spends an hour a week being a positive role model, listening and doing activities with a student for 1 hour each week during school hours during the school year. EdConnect Australia are seeking volunteers with general life skills to help young people in secondary schools who are at risk of disengaging in education.

As a volunteer you and your volunteer colleagues will learn about the NSW Mental Health Act, in particular the role of the Mental Health Review Tribunal. To facilitate an understanding of this information for the relatives, carers and families attending a Hearing, our service supports a volunteer family support program. Specifically designed for the weekly Hearings, family provide positive feedback about the support provided.

Do you have a talent in arts and craft and would like to help patients in palliative care?

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.

We require responsible and enthusiastic people to assist with the various roles involved in running our non-profit organization's Self-esteem & Leadership Youth Camps.

Mentors required for children and young people from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds for 2 hours per fortnight (times and days flexible). Mentors provide friendship and community engagement for a period of 12 months.

Male Mentors required for young boys from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds for 2 hours per fortnight (times and days flexible). Mentors provide friendship and community engagement for a period of 12 months.

Male Mentors required for young boys from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds for 2 hours per fortnight (times and days flexible). Mentors provide friendship and community engagement for a period of 12 months.

Male Mentors required for young boys from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds for 2 hours per fortnight (times and days flexible). Mentors provide friendship and community engagement for a period of 12 months.

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.

We are looking for Volunteer Mentors to assist young people to develop a positive sense of self and increase connections with their community. All young people eligible for the program have lived in Out of Home Care through the Child Protection system and have experienced significant challenges in their childhood. The mentoring program is designed to provide young people with more community support and connections and to assist them to thrive in their adulthood.

We are looking for a volunteer registered nurse for 4 to 6 hours per week for a support service for families and patients in rare disease

We are looking for a volunteer registered nurse for 6 hours per week for a support service for families and patients in oncology (inherited cancers)

The Break charity assists new authors to get their stories out. One of our authors, a very experienced counsellor, has written a pioneering new form of self-help book. We need a graphic artist who can create several graphics to demonstrate the sequential steps in a new counselling process & a book cover design.

Do you believe in rehabilitation & re-integration? Are you non-judgemental and empathetic? Do you want to be part of the solution? Volunteer with one of Australia’s most innovative non-government Crime Prevention agencies.

Breastfeeding counsellors are trained volunteers who offer breastfeeding information and mother-to-mother support to women whose babies are breastfeeding and to their families. Their area of expertise is breastfeeding support. The counsellors have to have breastfed at least one baby for a minimum of 6 months and hold a current Certificate IV in Breastfeeding Education (Counselling) (or equivalent) and have to complete ongoing training to up d ate their knowledge and skills.

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.

At Raise we do one thing, and we do it really well – youth mentoring. Based in high schools, we provide young people with a caring, independent volunteer mentor who shows up each week, just for them. With the time to listen, one-to-one support with a mentor empowers young people to talk through life’s challenges and help them cope better, today and in the future.