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30 people are interested
Sunday Patient/Family Activity Leader
ORGANIZATION: Silver Hill Hospital
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30 people are interested
We are seeking volunteers to set up and assist with a patient/family activity time on Sundays from 1:30-3:30 pm (activity is 2:00-3:00 pm) in our library (one volunteer each Sunday). You will sign up for the Sunday daes when they are available. You will work with a member of our library staff to set up and facilitate participation in popular board games or other special events, like book readings by the authors. Participants are adult or teen patients in our transitional living programs and/or their visiting family members. You will be given a hospital orientation and trained on hospital policies, including privacy (HIPAA) and professional boundaries. You must have excellent communication skills, maintain good boundaries and otherwise be friendly, nonjudgmental and supportive. We ask you to provide one written reference, authorize the hospital to conduct a criminal background check and show proof of a negative tuberculosis screening (PPD). For additional information, please contact Lisa Ruggiero at 203-801-2320 or lruggiero@silverhillhospital.org. College students are encouraged to contact us.
More opportunities with Silver Hill Hospital
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Silver Hill Hospital
Location:
208 Valley Road, New Canaan, CT 06840, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Silver Hill Hospital is to provide our patients with the best available treatment of mental illness and addiction; and to offer continuing support, counseling and education to our patients and their families in every phase of illness and recovery. For over seventy years, Silver Hill Hospital has been at the forefront of psychiatry and leads the way in providing the best treatment for psychiatric illnesses and addiction. Our track record of success is based on a carefully executed team effort, one that uses an array of powerful tools, talent and knowledge to help people turn their lives around.
Description
Silver Hill Hospital is a not-for-profit, nationally recognized, independent psychiatric hospital offering diagnosis and treatment for the full range of psychiatric illnesses and substance use disorders.
Because Silver Hill is a hospital that provides both inpatient and residential treatment, patients have the advantage of our unusually broad and comprehensive range of programs. Patients who are acutely ill and who require intensive psychiatric and nursing supervision are treated in one of our adult or adolescent inpatient units. Treatments there tend to be medically oriented and the stay is typically short.
Patients who are ready for more psychological and behavioral interventions can be treated in our residential Transitional Living Programs, where there is more openness and the treatment course is longer.
All volunteers are requested to grant permission for a background check and are required to participate in an initial orientation and training process (group or one-on-one with volunteer manager)
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
208 Valley RoadNew Canaan, CT 06840
DATE POSTED
February 24, 2020
SKILLS
- Reading / Writing
- Event Planning / Management
- Counseling / Mental Health
- Healthcare
- Psychology
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours per Sunday, twice per month