Support for seriously ill and dying people and their relatives
Büro für Bürgerengagement der AWO Kreisverband Köln
Mülheim, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Medium German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
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- Families
- Kids & Teenagers
- Seniors
- Hospice Work
About the volunteering opportunity
Our outpatient hospice association is regularly looking for volunteers in the Cologne-Mülheim district to accompany seriously ill and dying people and their relatives. Before they are allowed to accompany people in the last phase of their lives, a qualified preparatory course of approx. 100 teaching units is required.
Your Tasks
You make people's time more enjoyable through individual support, conversations and leisure activities.
Our services
Our services
- Guidance from specialists
- Exchange of experience
- Further training / qualification offers
- Liability insurance
- Supervision
- Accident insurance
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
- Age (at least) 18 years
- extended certificate of good conduct required
- Tolerance for other, individual lifestyles
- Empathy
- Willingness to work in a group and to self-reflect
- Commitment only possible after a qualified preparatory course of approx. 100 teaching units
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
The commitment is flexible.
Important notice
Accessibility for volunteers with disabilities
- We can only offer accessibility for wheelchair users for the course itself. Unfortunately, we do not have any wheelchair-accessible toilets on our premises
- Accompaniment in retirement homes / hospices would be possible
- In private households, the conditions for accessibility are often not met.
Location
Büro für Bürgerengagement der AWO Kreisverband Köln
The Office for Civic Commitment of the AWO Cologne is a consulting service. People who are willing to volunteer will receive advice and will be placed in organisations that work with volunteers. Further priority will be given to LESEMENTOR Cologne, young volunteers, further education and voluntary refugee work.
Mülheim, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Medium German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
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Mülheim, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Medium German skills
Regularly
Discussed individually
Write message