Befriender - Dublin 9

About Highfield Healthcare

Highfield Healthcare provide specialist psychiatric and nursing home care to over 250 residents. Our Alzheimer’s care centre caters for people who have been diagnosed with dementia. Our patients are cared for in an environment appropriate to their needs, where the priority is to preserve their dignity and promote their independence. We operate across two site, Highfield Healthcare on the swords road and our Elmhurst Nursing Home off the Ballymun road.

What's Involved

Volunteer Befrienders play a vital role with Highfield. As a Befriender, you will be involved with:

Sitting with service-users
Chatting to service users
Listening to service-users
Escorting service-users on walks within the hospital or hospital grounds
Assisting with activities agreed by the nurse manager and under the guidance of the Activities Therapist.

Time Commitment:
Flexible depending on your schedule and availability.

What's required for this position

To have a caring attitude, empathy, patience and warmth and to be reliable, flexible and punctual.

• Hospitality/ Befriending
• Personable Skills

Level of English required for this role:
Fluent English

Times and commitment required for this role

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Morning	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Afternoon	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Evening

Minimum time commitment: Flexible

Other Details

Location of volunteering opportunity:
Highfield Healthcare, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9 or Elmhurst Nursing Home, off Hampstead Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Screening details for this role:

• Formal Interview
• Garda Vetting
• References
• Application Form
• Identification Check (photo ID etc…)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Volunteers will be provided with the following supports:

• Support/ advice/ recognition
• Supervision
• Initial induction and training
• Insurance cover
• Ongoing training opportunities

Volunteers with the following challenges will be supported in this role

• Physical Disability

Age restrictions:
Over 16

Is this opportunity suitable for groups/teams of volunteers?
No

Benefits you will receive as a volunteer

Volunteers at Highfield have the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people, make friends, practice social skills, bring happiness into the lives of others and into their own at the same time.