💬🕊️ Pastoral Care Volunteer, Community Home Visits, Auchenflower QLD

About this opportunity

HammondCare pastoral care volunteers have an opportunity to support the spiritual and emotional needs of elderly clients living in their home 🌿💛. As a pastoral care volunteer, you’ll be actively involved with a local Christian church 🤝, offering comfort, presence, and hope to those who need it most 🕊️✨. Can you offer a listening ear and a prayerful heart to someone longing to be heard?💛 ***We're seeking a pastoral care volunteer to visit a kind-hearted widower once a fortnight. A strong Christian with a love for meaningful chats, he enjoys discussing his faith, sharing his photography, and showing the travel books and home movies he’s created over the years. Though in good health, he’s feeling the weight of distance from family and would truly value companionship.*** ***Your visits could offer a meaningful space for connection, reflection, and sharing the journey of faith and life.*** You’ll supplement and complement the work of our HammondCare At Home Pastoral Care Coordinator, and under their direction you may: * Support people to meet their spiritual needs * Nurture spiritual development ***Skills required for this role:*** - High level of interpersonal skills, including strong empathy and listening skills. - Pastoral Care training for example Chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education, or you could attend HammondCare pastoral care training- Spiritual Care Series, in preparation to becoming a pastoral care volunteer. ***Your impact*** Volunteering along side Pastoral Care can be a rewarding experience, both for the person you visit as well as yourself. Regular visits from volunteers can help to improve quality of life and help people feel less isolated. ***HammondCare*** HammondCare is an independent Christian charity and we're passionate about improving the quality of life for people in need. We have a wonderful group of volunteers that partner with us to enhance the lives of people cared for by HammondCare. ***Further information*** For more information about volunteering at HammondCare, click the apply button below and our friendly Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator Dani will give you a call.

Additional requirements

• National Police Certificate^*

18 years or older • National Volunteer Police Check arranged and paid for by HammondCare •

* May be arranged by the organisation. Details will be provided after you express your interest.