Hospice Care Companion (In Home)
Summary
Location
Toronto, Ontario
When
About This Opportunity
Hospice Care Companions provide social, emotional & practical care, at home, to people living with a life-limiting illness, their caregivers & family.
Essential Requirements: • Excellent listening, interpersonal and communication skills • Ability to listen and support someone without trying to fix or give advice • Empathetic, compassionate, mature, reliable, responsible • Attentiveness and observation skills, particularly for virtual programming • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Committed to ensuring services are confidential, holistic, inclusive and accessible • Willingness to grow in self-awareness around judgment, unconscious bias and assumptions that may impact the volunteer / client service relationship • Able to stay grounded in situations of heightened emotion, crisis or emergency
Extensive Professional Training Provided
Completion of mandatory HPCO online education course and additional program-specific, Hospice Toronto training as required (certificate provided) • Able to provide a clear Vulnerable Sector Police Reference Check •
Availability
Ideally have daytime availability Monday to Friday to serve clients. One visit a week of up to four hours.
We are especially, but not exclusively, in need of volunteers who speak more than one language in addition to English, especially: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese (and related dialects), Cantonese, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Rohingya, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese.
Responsibilities:
• To uphold the client's right to dignity, comfort, self-determination, and quality of life, and where appropriate, to provide client-directed advocacy
• To adhere to Hospice Toronto’s policies and procedures
• To advise Hospice Toronto staff and the client in a timely manner if unable to fulfill duties
• Ensure that you are in regular communication with staff, respond to requests for support in a timely manner, and make sure that necessary documentation (i.e.: monthly volunteer hours report) is submitted
• Complete all required training and participate in ongoing education and professional development
• Maintain safe boundaries, work within the scope of the volunteer role and commit to developing and maintaining ongoing self-care practices
• Report any concerns immediately to appropriate staff and provide adequate notice of changes in volunteer availability and status
• Volunteers will sign and comply with the policies, procedures, tasks, responsibilities, and practices of their assigned role.
Volunteer Requirements
Whether you meet these requirements or not, we encourage you to share your interest in us. You may still be a fit for a different opportunity with our organization.
- Over “age of majority” in province of opportunity
- Vulnerable Sector Police Screening Check
- One Year Commitment
- Minimum Age
- Ability to make a one year commitment