Life and terminal care in hospice service
Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin - Team die freiwilligen im Unionhilfswerk
- Hospice Work
About the volunteering opportunity
In the hospice service, voluntary life and terminal companions help people and their relatives to spend the remaining time of their lives with as much dignity as possible. Supported by full-time hospice staff, you accompany them through the time of letting go, saying goodbye and mourning.
At home, in the nursing home or in the hospital, because we find: A dignified farewell to life does not need a special place, because hospice can be everywhere!
Your Tasks
You are there for dying people and those close to them, taking time to create a sense of security and safety and to enable encounters.
Counseling and support in personal, nursing and social questions at the end of life are also part of the accompaniment.
What's needed
- you are looking for a meaningful volunteer position and are open to the topics of dying, death and mourning
- you want to learn something new, can listen and empathize well with other people
- you are open for encounters and willing to accompany people at the end of life
- you can spend two to three hours a week to be there for others
Time required
Before you start your commitment, you will attend a preparatory course of about 6 months, which will prepare you for different topics of life and terminal care.
Important notice
Previously, the free preparatory course for life and terminal care must be completed. You can find more information about the commitment and course offerings here.
Where?
Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin - Team die freiwilligen im Unionhilfswerk
