Southern Area Hospice Services Volunteer Roles & Opportunities
Volunteers are an important and valued part of hospice life at Southern Area Hospice.
There are many opportunities available within the organisation and below is a list of the
areas volunteers are involved in and the commitment needed for each role.
Role
Flag Day
Church
Collections
Hospice lottery
Collection
boxes
Reception
Fundraising
Fundraising
Office
Shops: Newry
Banbridge
Dungannon
Furniture
Warehouse
Reception
St John’s
House
Door Duties
Based in
reception St
John’s House
What has to be done
Street collection in a town near you
Collect outside a church near you
Shift Patterns
Twice a year
Once a year
Sell lottery tickets at an agreed
location
Empty hospice collection boxes in
your own area
Meet & greet all visitors, answer the
phones
This is on going – as
agreed
Flexible – as boxes
need emptying
One shift per week
10.00am – 2.00pm
or
1.00pm – 4.00pm
As agreed with
fundraising and
fundraising finance
staff
Duties will vary according to needs –
eg money counting, packing
envelopes, making phone calls,
putting together orders eg Christmas
cards, coffee morning packs
Assist in the shops by meeting &
greeting the public, sorting, ironing &
pricing donated items. Cash register
duties & keeping the shops clean &
tidy
Assist in the warehouse by meeting &
greeting the general public, keeping it
clean & tidy and cash register duties.
Meet & greet all visitors to St John’s
House. Answer external & internal
calls. Receive & lodge donations.
Reception sales
Access for visitors
One shift per week
09.30am – 1.00pm
1.00pm – 5.00pm
One shift per week
09.30am – 1.00pm
1.00pm – 5.00pm
10.00am – 2.00pm
Once a week
2.00pm – 6.00pm
Once a week
Above Mon-Fri
6.00pm – 10.00pm
Once a fortnight
Above Mon-Sun
10.00pm – 12.00am
Mon – Fri
9.00pm – 11.00pm
Sat & Sun
Once a fortnight
Tick
Complementary
Therapists
Provide reflexology, reiki, beauty
treatments for patients & carers
Must be fully qualified, belong to
professional body if applicable
Counsellors
Provide counselling service to patients
& carers
Must be qualified, belong to
professional body, have insurance &
own supervisor
Ward Clerk
Assist staff with non nursing duties in
Duties
the In patient unit & Day Therapy unit
in St John’s House & Day Therapy
unit in South Tyrone Hospital
Ward
Give out breakfasts, change water
Assistants
jugs, keep kitchenette clean & tidy,
take patients menu choice, light
cleaning duties
Chapel Steward
To be available at short notice to
prepare chapel, meet & greet
mourners. Be available for any
enquires.
Catering
General kitchen duties
Assistant
Gardening
Assist the Gardner
Painting
Driving
Painting inside / outside St John’s
House
Times arranged with
Day Therapy or Inpatient Nurse in
Charge or Senior
Social Worker
Times arranged with
Senior Social Worker
One day per week
10.00am – 1.00pm
One morning per
week 08.45am –
12.00pm
Between 4.00pm and
7.00pm
One day per week
10.30am – 3.00pm
Times flexible &
arranged with the
Gardner
Times flexible &
arranged with
Maintenance officer
One day per week
Collect patients from their home &
bring to Day Therapy in St John’s
House or South Tyrone Hospital for
10.00am & collect at 2.30pm & bring
home
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Collect laboratory box from reception
in St John’s House & bring to Daisy
Hill Hospital. Return box to
reception. Collect out going mail
from reception and deliver to post
office sorting office in Edward Street,
Newry on return journey from Daisy
Hill Hospital
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One day per week
at 2.00pm
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Setting up / closing down promotion
stands / ticket sale venues / lottery
venues for fundraising. Deliveries for
fundraising
Once per week
times will vary