Low-threshold care in children's hospice work
Familienunterstützender Dienst der Björn Schulz Stiftung
- Disabled People
- Kids & Teenagers
- Hospice Work
- Sports & Leisure Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
At the Björn Schuz Foundation's Family Support Service, you could provide low-threshold relief to a family with a child or young person with a life-shortening or life-threatening illness.
Your Tasks
Concretely you could e.g. occupy yourself with the sick child or the healthy sibling (paint, play, do handicrafts, go to the cinema or the zoo, do playful perception exercises), but also take over babysitting or pick-up and drop-off services (for example from school to therapy or similar).
You would support a family that lives in Berlin. We try to use you as close to home as possible.
What's needed
You do not need to have any expertise. Anyone can take on the task without any previous experience. However, you will be introduced to children's hospice work and your later work in a 30-hour preparatory course. This preparatory course is required by law.
For the children and the families it would be very nice if you could do the work continuously and over a longer period of time, since bonds are formed.
Time required
You can arrange the times individually with the family. Usually it is 1-3 hours a week, but there are also assignments that take place only once or twice a month for a few hours. This depends on the needs of the family and the time you want to give.
Important notice
You will receive an expense allowance of € 10 per hour worked (except for the course). This expense allowance is paid within the framework of the tax- and social security-free exercise leader flat rate.
Where?
Familienunterstützender Dienst der Björn Schulz Stiftung
The Björn Schulz Foundation offers support for children, adolescents, young adults and their families with life-shortening illnesses. In addition to the inpatient children's hospice Sonnenhof, there are several outpatient areas, including the Family Support Service (FUD). This offers families low-threshold relief services in the home setting for about 2 hours a week, e.g. through playful perception exercises, painting, handicrafts, visits to the cinema, outings, babysitting, pick-up and drop-off services (such as from school to therapy). The goal of FUD care is to relieve the burden on parents by the hour and to increase the quality of life of the young people with the illness.