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Spiritual Care Volunteer
Residential Aged Care - Various Locations
Expression of Interest

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Spiritual Care Volunteer with Wesley Mission Queensland.

Becoming a Spiritual Care Volunteer is a wonderful opportunity to share the gift of presence, conversation and listening. Spiritual Care requires openness, sensitivity to the needs of others and great listening skills. Spiritual Care offers compassionate care as together, we explore the intrinsic need of every person to search for meaning, self-worth, connection and our need to express one's self in meaningful ways.

As a Spiritual Care Volunteer you may be asked to:
  • Spend time in conversation with residents
  • Sit with Residents with significant physical/medical challenges
  • Participate in group activities
  • Participate in worship services
  • Accompany a resident to an activity or group activity
  • Assess the spiritual needs of a resident
  • Pray with another person.
Spiritual Care Volunteers work alongside the Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team (Chaplains) to offer compassionate care and support of residents, their families and staff of residential aged care facilities. This is a team of people dedicated to supporting the diversity of spiritual beliefs represented across residential aged care and, are committed to ensuring all Spiritual Care Volunteers receive quality training and support as they go about their role.

We are looking for caring, listening people who want to make a real difference in the lives of our community's seniors and are wanting to spend time in conversation and companionship as people continue to find meaning and hope in the midst of life's joys and challenges. In doing this you will be helping to ensure that we eliminate loneliness and promote meaningful relationships and companionships.

Spiritual Care Volunteers are not involved in providing clinical or personal care to residents. Wesley Mission Queensland asks for a commitment to this role for a minimum of six months. Volunteer opportunities are available at these locations: Chermside, Geebung, Bray Park and Sinnamon Park.

A suggested time frame for Spiritual Care Volunteers would be a minimum of weekly or fortnightly visits in the morning 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm however the Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team will work to ensure your preferred times and locations are considered.

Wesley Mission Queensland is a welcoming and rewarding place to volunteer where you will meet many wonderful people from various backgrounds and learn great new skills that may assist you both personally and professionally. There are lots of other benefits to volunteering with us as well, such as:
  • Exposure to quality training
  • Access to online and face-to-face wellness advisors
  • A supportive team environment making a real and lasting difference in the lives of seniors in the Residential Aged Care sector
  • Invitations to celebrations and social events
To learn more about our award-winning aged care communities and Wesley Mission Queensland, please visit our website.

We look forward to hearing from you!
What Happens Next?

Before you consider becoming a Spiritual Care Volunteer, we ask that you download and read:
We also ask that you watch the Wesley Mission Queensland Volunteer Orientation Video to better understand volunteering with Wesley Mission Queensland.

Once you have read the documents and watched the orientation video, and feel confident about becoming a volunteer, please complete this quick online registration. Once we receive your registration, a Wesley Mission Queensland representative will be in contact with you to discuss the role further.

Other Information
  • Volunteers must have a current NDIS Workers Screening Clearance before commencement. This can be applied for through Wesley Mission Queensland at no cost to you.
  • Please visit Wesley Mission Queensland's website for our full privacy information and collection statement.
  • Wesley Mission Queensland holds the right to decline any expression of interests that they deem unsuitable without notice.
  • Current or intended workplace rehabilitation participants or current or intended WorkCover recipients will not be considered for a volunteer placement.
  • Please email us at volunteerrecruitment@wmq.org.au if you need any clarification regarding this registration form and its contents.
1.Please provide your personal details:(Required.)
2.Your date of birth?(Required.)
(collected for identification and processing purposes only)
3.Please provide an emergency contact person for when you are volunteering:(Required.)
4.To help us support your participation and safety, please let us know if you have any health considerations for emergencies, accessibility requirements (e.g. modified equipment, support person, assistance animal), or specific availability needs we should be aware of. Any information provided is voluntary and will be kept strictly confidential.
Please note that current or intended workplace rehabilitation participants or current or intended WorkCover recipients will not be considered for a volunteer placement and should not submit this form.(Required.)
5.Are you applying to volunteer with us as part of one of the following programs?
If you are a student requiring assessment, please contact students@wmq.org.au(Required.)
6.To help us stay transparent, do you or any close friends or family have any business, financial, or personal ties that might overlap with our work or be seen as a conflict of interest?
7.Which suburb would you like to be a Spiritual Care Volunteer in?(Required.)
8.What days and time of day are you available?
You are welcome to select multiple options. (Required.)
Morning
Afternoon
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9.Please share any skills, qualifications, interests or experiences that may contribute to your capacity as a Spiritual Care Volunteer:
May include aspects of Worship Leadership, listening skills training/experience, work with senior citizens or simply activities that you enjoy that may benefit residents.(Required.)
10.Do you have an NDIS Worker Screening Check?
Your check must be current. You can apply for one through us if you do not have one.(Required.)
11.Keeping Children Safe: Reportable Conduct Scheme
Wesley Mission Queensland has a zero-tolerance policy toward child abuse, neglect, and harm. Everyone who spends time with us plays a vital role in keeping children safe. Please download and read the Reportable Conduct Scheme flyer before confirming your agreement below.(Required.)
12.If recruited as a Wesley Mission Queensland Spiritual Care Volunteer, I agree to work within the terms and guidelines as outlined in the below declaration.

I understand that as a volunteer with Wesley Mission Queensland, I will be expected to:
  • Provide an ongoing commitment to the role.
  • Interact positively with residents, clients, staff, volunteers, families and the general public.
  • Understand and respect confidentiality and maintain professional boundaries.
  • Volunteer within the guidelines of Wesley Mission Queensland's Code of Conduct.
  • Undertake any education or competencies required for the position.
  • Be prompt and reliable when rostered to volunteer and notify my supervisor promptly if I am not able to attend my shift.
  • Work within the philosophies, policies, procedures, and guidelines of Wesley Mission Queensland.
  • Supply or complete the required security checks (checks are provided and paid for by Wesley Mission Queensland).
  • Comply with WMQ infection prevention and control requirements.
I have downloaded, read, understood and are willing to follow the guidelines within the:
I have watched and understood the contents in the:
(Required.)
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