Job Title:
Companion Sitting Volunteer
Skills Needed:
- Love and appreciation for older or disabled adults
- Patient, encouraging, and enthusiastic attitude
- Respect for people of different backgrounds
- Willingness to maintain confidentiality of family served
- Willingness to follow directions of primary caregiver
Duties:
- Upon receiving assignment, volunteer caregiver will call family member to confirm date and time of arrival
- Volunteer reviews care instructions, important phone number and verifies location of necessary items with family member
- Volunteer must remain in the home until the family member returns
- Volunteer will assist service recipient with non-hands-on activities
- Monitor safety of service recipient
- Engage as appropriate
Location of Duties:
Home of service recipient within the service area of The Shepherd’s Center of Kernersville.
Time Required:
3-4 hours depending on need of service recipient and availability of volunteer
Training / Preparation:
Training provided by program coordinator or other Shepherd’s Center designee; supervised first assignment in home of recipient. Additional updates or additional training as needed and determined by program coordinator or The Shepherd’s Center staff.