Volunteers
Community Palliative Care Volunteers
The Community Palliative Care Service has two volunteer roles - Home Visits and Community Palliative Care Administration.
The Home Visits volunteer povides a visiting service to patients and provides support to patients' families in the environment of their own home. Volunteers also bring patients on outings and asstst practically , for example helping a patient go supermarket shopping.
The time commitment is flexible, normally one or two vistis a week at a timeto suit both the patient and volunteer. The Community Palliative Care Administration volunteer role assists staff in filing and record keeping. Office skills are needed. This role is afternoon only on Thursday or Friday.
If you would like further information about this volunteer role at St. Francis Hospice, please contact:
Brenda Farrelly, Co-ordinator Volunteer Services on (01) 832 7535
or by email: volunteers@sfh.ie
