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Flexible Schedule
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Newport News, VA 23606
Greetings Potential Volunteer! Are you interested in a challenging, satisfying, and transforming volunteer experience? As a member of our Personal Touch Hospice Volunteer Program you will have the unique opportunity to offer care and comfort to terminally ill patients and their families, to contribute to the quality of their lives, and to support patients and families in their bereavement process. It is our goal at Personal Touch Hospice to help patients and their families experience those final days with comfort, awareness, and personal dignity. As a Hospice Volunteer there will be opportunities for tremendous joy, for personal bonds that will change us! In helping to provide compassionate rest-of-life care, we are given the opportunity to examine a new dimension of reality in dealing with our own lives and deaths. By working with the dying we learn how to live. As a Hospice Volunteer, you will receive extensive training that is designed to teach you the many different aspects of working with terminally ill patients and their families, both in the home and in the office. There are many different opportunities for our volunteers at Personal Touch. Please get in touch with the Volunteer Coordinator if you are interested in learning more information. mwood@pthomecare.com 757-296-9989
Date Posted: Aug 18, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Newport News, VA 23606
Become a Bereavement Support Hospice Volunteer with Personal Touch of Virginia. What? Personal Touch is looking for individuals to help our Bereavement Specialist provide support to bereaved loved ones. As a Bereavement Support Hospice Volunteer with Personal Touch you can provide periodic support to newly bereaved people in a variety of different ways. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in attending funerals, providing companionships visits for bereaved family members, and working on scrapbooks. Volunteers provide reassurance through the grief process and let the families know that they are still connected to Personal Touch Hospice. Bereavement Support Hospice Volunteers are a valuable and necessary part of the healthcare team, whose work and feedback can help us fulfill our mission to the families we serve. How? Bereavement Support Hospice Volunteers have to go through an initial Hospice Volunteer Orientation then participate in Bereavement Support Training with the Bereavement Specialist. After training, volunteers will be supplied with the appropriate information and documentation to provide support to bereaved families. Why? Bereavement Support Hospice Volunteers provide tremendous support to the Hospice Team, allowing us to provide the best possible care. Volunteers also develop a unique understanding of the process through which they can help others heal. You don’t have to have a degree in counseling or bereavement to be a part of this wonderful experience. Please get in touch with the Volunteer Coordinator, Melanie Wood, if you have any further questions or would like to go ahead and start the application process, at 757-296-9989. We have offices in Newport News and Chesapeake.
Date Posted: Aug 18, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Newport News, VA 23606
Hospice is a special type of care for people with terminal illness. The hospice team at Personal Touch strives to treat the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the individual patients and those who care about them. It's our mission to help each person live their last days with dignity and comfort. Volunteers play an extremely important role in the hospice team. Volunteers compliment the work of the health care members and are able to normalize the experience for patients and families. The insight and work volunteers provide is an indispensable part of our program and we hope that you will give us a call or shoot us an E-mail if you are at all interested in volunteering for our growing program.
Date Posted: Aug 18, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Newport News, VA 23606
Persoanl Touch Hospice serves all areas around Hampton Roads. We are actively looking for individuals who have a pet that is certified with a canine good citizen certificate to volunteer wtih our hospice with terminally ill patients and thier families. Volunteer training, support, and supervision is provided by the Volunteer Coordinator and the rest fo the Hospice Helathcare Team at Personal Touch.
Date Posted: Aug 18, 2023
