Volunteer Details
Long-Term Care Home Volunteer
Short Summary:Long-Term Care Home Volunteer
Summary:As a member of our volunteer team you will experience an environment that is stimulating, challenging and rewarding. Your support will help residents maintain as active, independent and as high a quality of life as possible by augmenting and complementing services provided by staff of the home. Volunteer initiatives enhance the lives of residents and clients, by delivering many programs such as the tuck shop, bingo, pub, one-to-one visiting, and help to enhance many other home programs including dining assistance and escorting. Other areas of volunteer service may include: arts and crafts chapel liaison dining enhancement fundraising hairdressing library musical entertainment program convenors special events trip escort All volunteers are provided with orientation, training, staff support, program choices and flexibility in scheduling.
Volunteer Role: Criteria:Student volunteers are an integral part of the volunteer team. At present, one in three of our active volunteers are under the age of 18 years. Learn more and get involved by volunteering in long-term care and earn your hours for high school credit at the same time. Each of our homes have Volunteer Youth Councils that provide a framework for youth volunteers to gain leadership experience, learn decision-making skills and augment successful resident programs.
Location:Seniors Services and Long-Term Care operates 10 long-term care homes across the City of Toronto. Each has a Coordinator, Volunteer Services who is ready to meet with you to help you find a volunteer program that is right for you. Location Phone number Email Address Bendale Acres (opens in new window) 416-397-7058 Kimberley.Riley@toronto.ca Carefree Lodge (opens in new window) 416-397-1524 Lysa.Springer-Laks@toronto.ca Castleview Wychwood Towers (opens in new window) 416-392-3973 Cherryline.Bautista@toronto.ca (opens in new window) Cummer Lodge (opens in new window) 416-392-9493 Liz.Mcmulkin@toronto.ca Fudger House (opens in new window) 416-397-0150 Ruth.Butler@toronto.ca Kipling Acres (opens in new window) 416-397-5479 Tresia.Rawle@toronto.ca (opens in new window) Lakeshore Lodge (opens in new window) 416-392-9460 Kimberly.Penton@toronto.ca (opens in new window) Seven Oaks (opens in new window) 416-392-3515 Carly.Wolf@toronto.ca True Davidson Acres (opens in new window) 416-397-0364 Susan.Kearns@toronto.ca (opens in new window) Wesburn Manor (opens in new window) 416-394-3600 ltc-wm@toronto.ca
How To Apply:The process to become a volunteer with Seniors Services and Long-Term Care includes an application, orientation, police reference check (PRC) vulnerable sector screen and references. To begin the process of your volunteer service with Seniors Services and Long-Term Care please: Choose the location/home where you want to volunteer. Complete and return the following forms to the Coordinator, Volunteer Services at the LTC home where you want to volunteer. The forms can be sent electronically via email or dropped off at the LTC home. SSLTCVolunteer Application Word file SSLTCParent-Guardian Waiver Word file (if under 18 years of age) Two copies of the SSLTCVolunteerReference Word file The Coordinator, Volunteer Services will contact you with more information.
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Date And Time: As long-term care homes operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week, there are opportunities to fit every schedule – days, evenings and weekends. The frequency of volunteering depends on your role, but most volunteers come once a week.
