Volunteer Care (Volunteering)
Volunteers are extraordinary people. People volunteer for a variety of reasons, one reason being that they genuinely care and have compassion for others.
Feros Care is fortunate to have the support of a dedicated team of volunteers who provide companionship to clients and assist with shopping, visiting, crafts and hobbies, outings, home maintenance, fundraising, transport and gardening. Volunteering works best when volunteers match their interests and activities with those of the clients.
Volunteering involves trust as well as care giving. Feros Care volunteers are interviewed by our volunteer coordinator, undergo a criminal history check and participate in a comprehensive orientation and ongoing training program. Feros Care volunteers do not engage in or substitute the work of paid employees.
Volunteering is rewarding and benefits the community as well as the volunteer.
Interested? Then we would love to hear from you. Please call us on 1300 763 583.
Click here to download the
Feros Care Volunteer Brochure
PDF – 1.1MB
All prospective Feros volunteers are required to complete a Volunteer Application Kit. This kit contains the following forms:
- Volunteer Application (PDF – 34KB),
- Criminal History Check (PDF – 69KB),
- Statutory Declaration forms (PDF – 56KB).
The Volunteer Application identifies your interests, expertise and talents, personal contact details, information about your education and qualifications, employment history and asks you to identify two referees.
It is a requirement under the Aged Care Act that all aged and community care volunteers complete a Criminal History Check form prior to commencing volunteering. This information is forwarded to the Australian Federal Police who are responsible for identifying any criminal offences and notifying Feros Care. Only successful volunteer applicants will be required to undergo an Australian Federal Police check.
In addition, all prospective volunteers with Feros Care are required to complete a Statutory Declaration form certifying since the age of 16 they have not been convicted of murder or sexual assault and/or convicted of, and/or sentenced to imprisonment for any other form of assault.
Feros Care cannot accept a volunteer who has a history of murder, physical or sexual assault offence.
It is preferable for the Criminal History Check and Statutory Declaration forms to be signed by the applicant and appropriately witnessed and submitted with the Volunteer Application Kit. Both of these forms must be completed prior to commencing volunteer duties with Feros Care.
Once we are in receipt of your Volunteer Application Kit our friendly Volunteer Coordinator will contact you and arrange an appropriate time for an interview to discuss the many volunteering possibilities available to you.
