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Hair Stylist Volunteer wanted for Hospice Patients!

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ORGANIZATION: Compassus Hospice

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Commitment: Flexible schedule based on your availability
Compensation: Volunteer (unpaid)

Overview:
Compassus Hospice is looking for caring and talented individuals with hair styling experience to join our volunteer team. As a Hospice Hair Stylist Volunteer, you’ll help patients feel seen, dignified, and cared for by providing gentle grooming and hair care services. Your time and talent can lift spirits and bring comfort during a sensitive and sacred season of life.

Key Responsibilities:

-Provide basic haircuts, trims, and light styling to hospice patients in their home (in facility or at their private residence)

-Offer a calming, compassionate presence during each visit

-Work closely with Compassus staff to schedule appointments and understand patient needs

-Respect patient dignity, preferences, and privacy at all times

-Adhere to all safety, hygiene, and infection control protocols

Ideal Volunteer:

-Licensed hair stylist or experienced in hair care (active license preferred but not always required)

-Kind, patient, and respectful in emotionally sensitive environments

-Comfortable working with individuals at end-of-life

-Must complete Compassus Hospice volunteer training, background screening, and TB blood test

Why Volunteer with Compassus?

-Make a lasting difference by helping patients feel cared for and confident

-Use your skills to bring a sense of normalcy and comfort to others

-Become part of a supportive, compassionate community

-A simple haircut can mean the world to someone. If you believe in the power of dignity and human touch, we would love to welcome you to our volunteer team.

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About Compassus Hospice

Location:

4950 Corporate Drive, Suite 115, Huntsville, AL 35805, US

Mission Statement

Our mission is to advance well-being and honor quality of life. Our vision is to transform lives as the most valued partner for person-centered care delivered where people live. Our core values that drive us are compassion, integrity, excellence, teamwork, and innovation.

Description

Compassus is a national leader in providing high-quality, compassionate, person-centered care to individuals wherever they call home. Our continuum of integrated home-based care services ensures patients and their families have the support they need to address current and future health needs.

Partnering with Compassus brings peace of mind to patients, caregivers, and health care providers. Our team members work collaboratively to manage patient conditions and meet goals of care alongside referring physicians, health systems, long-term care partners, and family members.

Our value is in the compassion and expertise of our teams, which act as an extension of patients’ existing care teams. We believe everyone who interacts with us should experience our individualized Care for who I am philosophy, from the care services we provide to patients and families to how we interact with our partners and one another.

Our volunteers are able to support patients and families in our community by providing friendly visits, reading to patients, complete office tasks, provide a listening ear, offer companionship, caregiver relief, assist with grief support groups, provide emotional and spiritual support, pet therapy, and offer specialized support for veterans.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
People with Disabilities
Seniors
Community, People with Disabilities, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

4950 Corporate Drive NorthwestSuite 115Huntsville, AL 35805

(34.73405,-86.65868)
 

SKILLS

  • Elder care
  • Hospice Care

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • minimum 6 months commitment
  • Volunteer orientation, background check, blood TB test

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