Accompany a resident in a wheelchair when shopping
Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin - Team die freiwilligen im Unionhilfswerk
Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, 10965 Berlin, Berlin
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
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- Seniors
- Hands-on Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
a senior citizen, born in 1950, lives in our nursing home in Kreuzberg and would like to be accompanied and supported on her shopping trips in the Bergmannkiez district. The lady needs a wheelchair and her communication is challenging due to her mental illness.
Your Tasks
- Pushing the lady and her wheelchair (partly uphill)
- Assistance with shopping
- if possible, conversations and possibly simple walks
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, advanced German skills are required.
You should enjoy working with older people and have empathy, be reliable, have at least 4-6 months time and, if possible, experience in handling a wheelchair. But above all, patience, empathy and an interest in people are important to us.
- An interest in people's biographies
- Empathy and patience in dealing with older people and people with mental illnesses
- Resilience in challenging behavior / communication
- Willingness to adapt to the individual needs and abilities of residents and to support them
- Reliability and punctuality
- physical fitness
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
On weekdays, on weekends, during the day
Location
Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin - Team die freiwilligen im Unionhilfswerk
We have been committed to helping people who need help for almost 80 years. We respond to people's abilities, needs and wishes and thus help young and old to help themselves. Get involved - as a volunteer!
Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, 10965 Berlin, Berlin
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
Write message
Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, 10965 Berlin, Berlin
Advanced German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
Write message