Hospice Companion Volunteer

About this Job

If you’re looking to gain meaningful, hands-on experiences in the healthcare field, Grace Hospice may be the perfect place for you.

As a high ranking hospice care system in the Twin Cities, Grace Hospice encircles our patients with comfort, pain management, honesty, and respect for their end of life decisions. We serve our patients wherever they call home, and work as an interdisciplinary team to deliver quality care and programs for our patients and their families.

Grace Hospice is a local nonprofit developed through a partnership with Cassia and Mount Olivet Careview Home. As a faith-based organization, we follow the grassroots philosophy of hospice, which is service rich in spiritual care and volunteerism.

We are looking for college students with interests in nursing, healthcare, social work, psychology, family studies, and music therapy (to name a few!) to join Grace Hospice as a Companion Volunteer.

What a typical Companion Volunteer visit looks like:

·       Meet 1:1 with a patient 2X/month (approx. 3 hours/month) on the days that fit your schedule

·       Provide companionship and personal interaction in a comforting, calming presence

·       Examples of companionship: read to patient, reminisce, help patient with light housework, accompany patient on walks or to various group events in their facility, play games, sit and hold a patient’s hand, listen/play music.

Training:

We provide in-depth training for all of our volunteers and work closely with you to ensure you are fully equipped to meet with patients.

Length of commitment:

We ask that our volunteers serve a minimum of 3 months or 50 hours.

About Grace Hospice

Grace Hospice has been developed through a partnership with Casia and Mount Olivet Church. These organizations have a long history of quality care, have rich blessings of volunteers, and provide service to those in physical, emotional, or spiritual need. Fostering peace and grace, we emotionally and spiritually support the patient and their loved ones. We as an interdisciplinary team encircle them offering comfort, honesty and respect for their decisions. We recognize that every person deserves to live out his or her life with respect and dignity, free of pain, and in an environment that promotes quality of life. We serve the metro twin cities and surrounding areas and meet patients where ever they call home.