Volunteer mentors and encouragers in pediatric pain therapy
DIAKOVERE gGmbH
Buchholz-Kleefeld, 30625 Hannover, Niedersachsen
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
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- Kids & Teenagers
- Education & Language Support
- Equal Opportunities
- Hands-on Activities
- Health Promotion
- Mentoring, Sponsoring & Career Coaching
- Sports & Leisure Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
From fall 2026, we will be setting up a new volunteer support service in interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy for children and adolescents. Young patients with chronic pain, who often experience psychosocial stress and challenges at school during their stay in hospital lasting several weeks, will be supported.
Dedicated volunteers are needed to give time, provide support in everyday life and act as a reliable contact person - e.g. for schoolwork, discussions or leisure activities. The aim is to promote well-being, participation and positive everyday experiences during the stay.
Your Tasks
- Accompaniment and support with school materials - Leisure and activity activities (games, creative activities, discussions) - Motivation and social support during the therapy stay motivation and social support during the therapy stay - Promotion of participation and well-being - Contact person in everyday life and supportive presence
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, advanced German skills are required.
Enjoy working with children and young people (8-18 years, sometimes older) older) - Empathy, patience and an appreciative attitude - Ability to get in touch with troubled young people - Sensitivity in dealing with psychosocial stress and chronic illnesses - Emotional stability and reliability, assertiveness - Resilience in challenging situations - Ability to recognize and professionally maintain boundaries - Openness to guidance and cooperation in a multi-professional team
- Experience in working with children and young people - Initial experience in the psychosocial, educational or health sector - Interest in pain therapy, mental health or clinical work - Creativity and flexibility in organizing contacts and activities Experience in learning support or support with school tasks
- Experience in working with children and young people - Initial experience in the psychosocial, educational or health sector - Interest in pain therapy, mental health or clinical work - Creativity and flexibility in organizing contacts and activities Experience in learning support or support with school tasks
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
The assignments take place after the regular therapy program in the afternoon from 15:30h/16:00h or in the early evening and on weekends. Regular assignments are desirable, e.g. if you could take over a fixed weekday.
Important notice
Wir brauchen, weil wir ein Krankenhaus sind, einen Nachweis über vorhandenen Masernschutz und weil Du mit Schutzbefohlenen von uns arbeiten wirst, ein erweitertes Führungszeugnis!
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DIAKOVERE gGmbH
DIAKOVERE is Lower Saxony's largest non-profit organization in the health, social and education sectors. More than 5,400 people in around 90 different professions work at DIAKOVERE: in the three hospitals Annastift, Friederikenstift and Henriettenstift, including a rehabilitation facility, in youth, elderly and disabled care, palliative care and the hospice. DIAKOVERE also includes specialist schools for healthcare professions with 750 training places, an academy, a vocational training center for people with disabilities and an inclusive primary and secondary school. The annual turnover is 380 million euros. DIAKOVERE employees treat around 150,000 people in its three clinics every year; over a third of these are inpatients and almost two thirds are outpatients. As a diaconal company in the Protestant tradition, it is our mission to accompany people with dignity from birth to old age and into death.
Buchholz-Kleefeld, 30625 Hannover, Niedersachsen
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
Write message
Buchholz-Kleefeld, 30625 Hannover, Niedersachsen
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
Write message