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30 people are interested
Greet Patients & Families During Weekend Visiting Hours
ORGANIZATION: Silver Hill Hospital
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30 people are interested
We seek mature, personable, and discreet individuals to greet and direct visitors for our Main House facility , Acute Care Unit Building and Adolescent Unit during regularly scheduled family visiting hours and patient dining hours on the weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
This volunteer position will afford you with an opportunity to interact with patients, family members and staff and gain exposure to the operations of a psychiatric hospital and various staff roles and functions. You will also learn about the types of services offered to individuals with psychiatric or addiction disorders.
Volunteers may select available Saturday or Sunday dates that work with their availability.
An orientation to the hospital is required. We ask you to provide one written reference and authorize the hospital to conduct a criminal background check. All volunteers must also show proof of a negative PPD (tuberculosis screening). Please contact Lisa Ruggiero, director of volunteers at 203-801-2320 or lruggiero@silverhillhospital.org to set up an initial meeting.
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
- Customer Service
- Hospitality
- Psychology
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours Sat or Sun, 2x month, vols select dates