Thank you for your interest in volunteering with By the Bay Health, but due to the current COVID pandemic, Volunteer trainings in 2020 were cancelled. We have been accepting applications continuously throughout the past year, but have not been conducting trainee interviews. We are hopeful to provide one training in fall 2021 when it is safe to conduct classroom sessions in-person, as well as online. We currently welcome new applications, but please be aware that we have a significant number of applicants on the wait-list since March 2020. Applications are processed in the order received, which means your application may not be considered for interview eligibility until 2022.
Hospice by the bay is currently looking bi-lingual volunteers who speak one of the following languages: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, or Tagalog.
Are you a good listener? Are you caring, helpful and adaptable? Do you love the diverse culture of San Francisco?
As a Patient & Family Support Volunteer for By the Bay Health, you’ll be making a significant difference for someone facing end-of-life challenges. Your meaningful contributions will support the Hospice Care Team by:
> Relieving a family caregiver > Providing companionship to patients > Listening to life stories > Playing their favorite music > Writing letters and memories > Assisting with a favorite activity > Running an errand or doing small chores > Accompanying a patient on an outing
In return you’ll learn all about hospice care and receive comprehensive training to prepare you for working with our patients and their families.
"I have been a hospice volunteer for By the Bay Health in San Francisco for three years. It has been a very rewarding and heartfelt experience and enriched my life greatly. All of the people that work for this organization are dedicated, caring people, which makes this organization such a valuable part of the Bay Area community."
We hope you’ll consider joining our caring team! We’re especially looking for bi-lingual and multi-cultural volunteers who know what it’s like to live in San Francisco and the Peninsula. By the Bay Health was founded by dedicated volunteers more than 40 years ago and they’re still at the heart of what we do.
To apply, visit www.bythebayhealth.org/volunteers/ or call (415) 626.5900 for more information.
Skills
> Team player > Conscientious > Dependable > Flexible > Bi-lingual in English/Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Tagalog
Good match for
> Those with a passion for learning about end of life > Former health care workers and those in training > Retired professionals
Requirements & Commitment
> Commitment of one year of continuous service, 2-4 hours a week > Must be at least 18 years of age > 30 hours of online and classroom training > Valid driver’s license / State ID > Willing to participate in background check > Annual TB skin test & flu vaccine > Proof of immunity for MMRV
Our office is located in Civic Center, but opportunities are available anywhere within the counties of San Francisco and San Mateo.
17 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Suite 100, Larkspur, CA 94939, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to be the premiere provider of palliative and hospice services for patients and their caregivers needing care and support during the final stages of life. We are dedicated to promoting wellness at the end of life, as well as preventing and treating distressing symptoms or conditions that might otherwise threaten the quality of life for our patients and families. We compassionately provide quality services, sensitive to the values, interests, capabilities and needs of those we serve, in a cost-effective manner and in a variety of settings.
Description
What makes By the Bay Health unique! It was founded by volunteers as a non-profit, end-of-life healthcare provider in 1975. It was created by the community to serve the community. As the second oldest hospice in the U.S., By The Bay Health has the depth of experience to understand the medical, practical, emotional and spiritual care patients and their families need during the end of life experience. From its grassroots foundation by community volunteers (then named Hospice of Marin), By The Bay Health remains at the vanguard of the hospice industry and a premier, regional provider of end-of-life care.
Community
Health & Medicine
Seniors
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Anywhere in San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA94114
(37.75615,-122.43257)
DATE POSTED
March 25, 2021
SKILLS
Mental Health
Hospice Care
Veteran Care
Cantonese / Mandarin
Spanish
Elder care
GOOD FOR
People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
Background Check
Must be at least 18
Orientation or Training
Minimum one year of continuous service, 2-4 hours per week while on assignment
Proof of immunity against MMRV, annual TB skin test, and flu vaccine
