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Counselling
Financial Counseller
Duties: |
To assist clients with information and options regarding their financial situation. Assistance may include preparing a budget and ongoing planning of finances with the client, to advocacy on behalf of a client with creditors or government agencies. |
Days: |
Monday to Friday |
Hours: |
10am to 3pm or to suit counsellor |
Frequency: |
One day a week or to suit counsellor |
| Skills: |
An interest in financial matters. Completion of the Financial Counselling Training course and Basic Counselling Skills are a pre-requisite. |
Helpers
Home delivered meals (formerly Meals on Wheels)
Duties: |
Deliver meals (with a driver) to people who are frail, aged and younger people with a disability who live in the Ryde Municipality in their own homes. |
Days: |
Monday to Sunday |
Hours: |
11 am to 1:00 pm |
Frequency: |
To suit volunteer - once a week, fortnightly, monthly, occasional |
Bus outing - Mandarin or Cantonese speaking
Duties: |
Assist and care for clients on bus outings to interesting locations in Sydney and Greater Sydney. Involves serving morning and afternoon teas. |
Days: |
Tuesday monthly |
Hours: |
9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Frequency: |
To suit volunteer |
Skills: |
Speak Mandarin or Cantonese and English |
Bus Shopping Volunteers
Duties: |
Accompany clients on shopping bus and then assist individual client to do their shopping. May involve pushing shopping trolley and/or carrying shopping |
Days: |
Relief for Tuesdays or Fridays fortnightly |
Hours: |
9am - 1 pm |
Frequency: |
To suit volunteer |
Skills: |
Reasonable level of fitness |
Tutors
Leisure Learning
Duties:
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Share skills or hobbies with adults attending daytime leisure learning classes. Held on weekdays during school terms at Eastwood, West Ryde or North Ryde. |
Days:
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Monday - West Ryde
Tuesday - North Ryde
Thursday - Eastwood |
Hours:
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One or two hours between 9am and 3pm |
Frequency: |
Weekly during school term |
Essential: |
Skill or hobby. Ability to teach, Patience. |
Chinese Leisure Learning
Duties:
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Share skills or hobbies with adults attending daytime leisure learning classes. Held during school terms at Eastwood. |
Days: |
Tuesday – Carlingford
Wednesday - Epping |
Hours:
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One or two hours between 9am and 2pm |
Frequency:
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Weekly during school term
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Essential:
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Skill or hobby
Speak a Chinese language
Ability to teach Patience |
English Conversation
Duties:
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Teach spoken English to adults in small classes during school terms. Classes are held at Eastwood, Marsfield and Epping |
Days:
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Monday - Eastwood
Wednesday – Marsfield
Thusday - Epping
Friday –Eastwood
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Hours: |
10am - 12 noon |
Frequency: |
Weekly during school term |
Essential: |
English as your 1st language
Patience |
Car Drivers
Home delivered meals (formerly Meals on Wheels)
| Duties: |
Deliver meals (with a helper) to people who are frail, aged and younger people with a disability who live in the Ryde Municipality in their own homes.
Drivers are given petrol vouchers. |
| Days: |
Monday to Sunday |
| Hours: |
11 am to 1:00 pm |
| Frequency: |
To suit volunteer - once a week, fortnightly, monthly, occasional |
| Essential: |
Current drivers licence |
Medical Transport
| Duties: |
Pick up clients from their own homes and drive them to and from their medical appointment. Drivers are given petrol vouchers. |
| Hours: |
Weekday -according to medical appointment |
| Frequency: |
To suit volunteer |
| Essential: |
Current drivers licence |
Other Driving
| Duties: |
To transport and assist clients to a variety of destinations eg to visit relative in nursing home; to the hairdressers; to a shopping centre to do their shopping; to and from social groups. Drivers are given petrol vouchers. |
| Hours: |
Weekday - according to service required |
| Frequency: |
To suit volunteer |
| Essential: |
Current drivers licence Possible use of CCA car |
Bus Drivers
| Duties: |
To transport people to and from shopping or luncheon groups or day outings using a 14 seater mini bus. Volunteer helpers assist the drivers. |
| Days: |
Monday to Saturday |
| Hours: |
Depends on group – either half or full day between 9am and 4.30pm |
| Frequency: |
To suit volunteer |
| Essential: |
LR bus licence |
Volunteer visitors
| Duties: |
Volunteers are matched with isolated or housebound people who live in their own homes to provide friendly companionship. Visitors who speak English and/or who speak another language are needed. |
| Hours: |
To suit volunteer and client |
| Frequency: |
Once a week/fortnight |
| Desirable: |
A driver licence is desirable but not essential. |
Chinese Speaking Volunteer Visitors
| Duties: |
Chinese speaking volunteers are matched with isolated or housebound people who live in their own homes to provide friendly companionship. |
| Hours: |
To suit volunteer and client |
| Frequency: |
Once a week/fortnight |
| Essential: |
Speak Cantonese or Mandarin
A driver licence is desirable but not essential. |
For further information
Contact: Jill Gumbley
Volunteer Recruitment Officer
Phone: (02) 9858 3222
Fax: (02) 9858 4286
Email: jill.gumbley@ccas.org.au
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