Organisation : Hospice Volunteers South Tas Inc
Location : TAS Regional (Hobart)
Work type : Part-time
Sector : Community Support Services
Salary type : Volunteer
Application closing date : 20 Oct, 2024
About the organisation
Hospice Volunteers South Tas Inc supports people of any age, living with, and affected by, terminal illness by offering free, non-religious, compassionate support at home, in the community and in hospital.
How we help
We help people to live their best quality life with a caring volunteer companion.
Everyone’s story is unique. We tailor our care around what each person tells us is important to them.
Our volunteers visit regularly (usually once a week). Volunteers are well-trained and skilled at ‘tuning in’.
Volunteers can also help with shopping, getting to appointments or keeping up with social activities, to give family carer some time out or ‘respite’.
Our volunteers are not nurses, or personal carers. They are companions, who can be there right from the start when a person finds out they have an illness, and throughout their care.
Hospice Volunteers South Tas recently launched a social media brand 'Palhelp' to extend our reach to people living in the community who are not yet connected with palliative support services.
Our team of compassionate volunteers provides companionship at home, in the community, or in healthcare settings. Palhelp Staff also offer support for advance care planning and volunteers are able to help record life stories.
Palhelp is an initiative of Hospice Volunteers South Tas Inc, a charity registered with the ACNC. Our work is supported by the Tasmanian Government. We work closely with Tasmanian Health Service and Department of Health services to provide Palliative Care support to members of the community.
About the role
Candidates with a passion for the Non-Profit Sector and skills and experience in the following areas are strongly encouraged to apply, with the Board particularly keen to enhance its capacity through:
- Working knowledge of either Palliative Care/ Health/ Community/ Non-Profit Sector Governance and evident capacity to apply this to the strategic vision and priorities of Hospice Volunteers South Tas;
and/or
- expertise and experience in governance, marketing/ fundraising/ partnerships/ bequests/ high net worth donor engagement and evident understanding of how to apply that knowledge
and/or
- a strong network of contacts in state and local government.
Your expression of interest should address at least one of the specific skill and experience areas and include a brief CV.
Hospice Volunteers South Tas is committed to ensure an inclusive Board that reflects diversity in age, gender, cultural background and regional location.
Candidates with First Nations cultural knowledge and values are encouraged to apply.
Please note If your professional experience doesn’t fall into the above categories, but you have skills and experiences that you think might be beneficial to Hospice Volunteers South Tas, we recommend that you apply.
If you are approved by the board, your nomination will be put forward for election at the Annual General Meeting on 7th November 2024
The appointment will be for three years and Directors can nominate for further terms.
Please submit your application before the 20th October 2024 to:
manager@hospicevolunteers.org.au
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Non-executive Director and Chair via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Community_Support_Services
