Palliative Care

Melbourne Citymission Palliative Care supports people with a terminal illness living at home in the cities of Hume, Moreland, Darebin and Yarra.

As a palliative care volunteer, you will be making an important contribution to the end-of-life care provided by our dedicated interdisciplinary staff including doctors, nurses and counsellors.

By visiting clients and their carers on a regular basis, you will help to provide the emotional, practical and spiritual support they need to achieve the best possible quality of life at a significant and often difficult time in their lives.

Your initial training will include communication and listening skills, dealing with loss and grief, spirituality and a basic understanding of life-threatening illness. You will also meet and share experiences with other volunteers at ongoing training sessions throughout the year, and be supported every step of the way by your Co-ordinator of Volunteers.

Palliative care volunteers offer help through respite sitting, companionship, shopping, transport, gentle massage, bereavement follow up and administration/office duties.
Working in palliative care is one of the most rewarding volunteer choices you can make. The opportunity to draw on your own reserves of compassion and caring will not only make a huge difference in the lives of people living with a terminal illness, it will also enrich your own life.

If you would like to become a palliative care volunteer, contact our Co-ordinator of Volunteers on (03) 9486 2666, or click on the ‘How to apply’ text below.