The No One Dies Alone (NODA) volunteer programme brings compassionate volunteers alongside aged-care residents who are in the end-stage of palliative care and accompanies them at the bedside until they pass away, so that no one dies alone.

A NODA volunteer will

Own a smart phone to download the app used to book volunteer shifts. Receive training on how to use the app. Need to have a current email address for communications with Southern Cross Care. Will need to be able to respond to shift requests at short notice. Understand that shifts will be 24/7. Notify Southern Cross Care if they have had a personal death in the last 6 months.

Volunteer Benefits

Volunteers have the opportunity to provide compassionate service to their community and to build friendship to residents and possibly with their family (if available). Volunteers can also work side by side with various other roles such as pastoral care, nursing care etc.

About Southern Cross Care

SSC provides support, care and accommodation for a full life. The SCC Group contribute to social, health and economic development by enabling the delivery of integrated services in our community for the increasingly complex health, care and accommodation needs of our aging population and those living with mental illness in Western Australia. Frank Prendergast House (FPH Residential Aged Cared) and Success Village (Independent Living Units).

** Please note this position is advertised by the Cockburn Volunteer Resource Centre on behalf of the organisation above.