Training for Volunteer Work: Support Person for People with Dementia. Dive in with curiosity. Provide support with compassion.
DIAKOVERE gGmbH
- Seniors
- Hands-on Activities
- Health Promotion
- Hospice Work
- Mentoring, Sponsoring & Career Coaching
- Sports & Leisure Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
Starting in September 2026 – free of charge for you!
Prepare for your volunteer work at our facilities—the Friederikenstift in Calenberger Neustadt, Haus am Leuchtturm in Buchholz, and the Center for Geriatric Medicine in Kirchrode—over the course of 10 sessions.
Offer guidance, companionship, and your time. The goal is to reliably support people with dementia, providing them with guidance, security, and emotional stability.
Prepare for your volunteer work at our facilities—the Friederikenstift in Calenberger Neustadt, Haus am Leuchtturm in Buchholz, and the Center for Geriatric Medicine in Kirchrode—over the course of 10 sessions.
Offer guidance, companionship, and your time. The goal is to reliably support people with dementia, providing them with guidance, security, and emotional stability.
Your Tasks
As a companion for people with dementia, you’ll serve as an important additional point of contact in our facilities for a set period each day. You’ll be there to listen, go for walks, and offer small creative, playful, or culinary activities...
Hospital stays, rehabilitation, or moving into a long-term care facility often cause stress, disorientation, and anxiety for people with dementia. Unfamiliar routines, changing staff, and time pressure heighten feelings of uncertainty and can lead to withdrawal or challenging behavior. This is where the “WegBegleiter*innen” come in: They are present, build relationships, listen, explain, structure daily life in small steps, and convey a sense of reliability.
Hospital stays, rehabilitation, or moving into a long-term care facility often cause stress, disorientation, and anxiety for people with dementia. Unfamiliar routines, changing staff, and time pressure heighten feelings of uncertainty and can lead to withdrawal or challenging behavior. This is where the “WegBegleiter*innen” come in: They are present, build relationships, listen, explain, structure daily life in small steps, and convey a sense of reliability.
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
Empathy and Compassion
Interest in engaging with the other person’s world
Interest in engaging with the other person’s world
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
Training begins on September 22, 2026 10 sessions Tuesdays starting at 5:00 p.m., 3 instructional units of 45 minutes each Breaks as needed Group of 8–10 people Practical placements are already possible concurrently
Important notice
Since we are a long-term care facility, we require proof of measles vaccination and an extended criminal background check.
Location
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.