Volunteering Opportunities!

Residents Engagement Volunteers

Vanguard Healthcare: Senja Care Home

Volunteer Role Description

• Virtual Befriending with residents

• Co-creation of artworks;

• Leading seated exercise for residents

• Live performances

• Teaching basic conversational English to the foreign staff

Volunteer Specifications & Additional Information

• Students to working adults

• Able to speak at least   1 language: English, Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien or other dialects

• Have a passion for   interacting with the elderly

• Willing to teach   foreign clinical/care staff conversational English so it helps them   communicate with the elderly residents of Vanguard Care Homes

• Would be good if volunteers are keen and know how to sing/perform/play a musical instruments for the elderly residents

Gift Set Packer

Care Corner Volunteer & Community Engagement

Volunteers will be tasked in packing Gift Sets to be given out for festive celebrations

• can volunteer together with friends / in a small group

Schedule to be discuss with PIC - Yusrin

During the week of 14th November - 18th November, 

Mondays - Fridays

AM slot: 1000 - 1200 hours

PM slot: 1400 - 1700 hours 

• Minimally 18 years old and above

• Able to work fast, with minimal supervision

• Able to commit 2 - 3 hours per day, for 2 - 3 days during the week

Community Cafe Volunteer / Befriender

Care Corner Singapore

Your main role as a Volunteer Befriender is to:

• Befriend and engage the community and residences that comes by the Community Cafe, this includes seniors, families, and children

• Support Volunteer Leaders in carrying out and facilitating activities that are held during Community Cafe sessions

• Ensure / check in on well being and mental wellness of seniors

Other duties include: 

•  Helping out and facilitating Community Cafe such as:

• serving & sending of food & drinks

• clearing of tables

• general cleanliness of Community Space area

Details of Community Cafe

When: Every Wednesday, 2 to 5pm, Starting from November 2022

Where: CareSpace @ 299B Tampines St 22, S(522299)

Volunteers are NOT required to volunteer every week. Schedule will be arranged with PIC (Yusrin)

Preferably able to do regular sessions for familiarity of the seniors and residences

• Minimally 18 years and above

• Experience in Befriending is a bonus, however not a must

• Able to converse in other languages (mandarin, malay)

Study Buddy

Campus Impact

Volunteer Role Description

• Providing academic supervision and help in running programmes related to values inculcation and holistic development of children living in rental flats in the Marsiling and Admiralty area

• Build rapport and trust with children during Study Buddy programme

• Provide support and flag out needs of children to programme staff

Volunteer Specifications

• Comfortable communicating with children from age 7 to 14.

• Able to assist children with school homework.

• Patient, a good listener and observant of safety rules.

• Must be able to speak fluent English

Befrienders for Care Givers

MINDS Tampines Training & Development Centre

Volunteer will act as befrienders for caregivers of clients from MINDS TTDC.

Caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities undergo many stressors. Volunteers will befriend and provide emotional and social support for these caregivers during their caregiver support group session run by the centre.

Volunteers will also help to find out the type of support required by these caregivers during their befriending.

Sports Attire, Casual.

Activity Organizers

NTUC Health Tampines

Volunteer Role Description

NTUC Health welcomes you to volunteer with them at their Tampines Nursing Home.

Bring a smile to the seniors they serve as an activity organiser. This may include you being involved in:

Planning and conducting of activities such as arts & crafts, games, cooking & sewing classes.

You can also organise events such as cultural festivals, birthdays and outings. 

You will be working closely with the Volunteer Manager from the Tampines Nursing Home!

No Experience Required.

Causal. No sleeves, flip flops and shorts.

Volunteer Leader @ NTUC Health Tampines

NTUC Health Tampines

Volunteer Role Description

NTUC Health welcomes you to volunteer with them at their Tampines Nursing Home.

They are in need of volunteer leaders who can help to coordinate with other volunteers who may be keen to organize activities for the residents of the nursing home. 

You will actively be involved in various volunteering opportunities and will get to interact with both residents and fellow volunteers. You will also be working closely with the Volunteer Manager from NTUC Health Tampines!

Prior Volunteering Experience Required.

Causal. No sleeves, flip flops and shorts.

Positive and Encouraging

Volunteer Gardener

NTUC Health Tampines

Volunteer Role Description

NTUC Health welcomes you to volunteer with them at their Tampines Nursing Home.

Help create and maintain the gardens at the nursing home to improve the well-being of the seniors!

You will be required to help with the maintainence of the gardens located within the nursing home. You may also motivate and guide seniors to pick up gardening as well. 

No Experience Required.

Causal. No sleeves, flip flops and shorts.

Interest for Gardening

Volunteer Hairdressers (Individual/Group)

MINDS Tampines Training & Development Centre

Help groom the clients of MINDS TTDC.

This may include helping with hair dressing during monthly or bi-monthly haircut sessions organized or arranged by the centre.

Can be individuals or group.

Sports Attire, Casual.

Volunteer Chef (Trainer)

NTUC Health Tampines

Volunteer Role Description

NTUC Health welcomes you to volunteer with them at their Tampines Nursing Home.

Help seniors build confidence and self-esteem through cooking or baking activities. 

You will be organising simple cooking or baking session for residents' to participate in. Not confident to lead a session on your own? Sign up as an assistant to support another volunteer who may be leading the session!

No Experience Required.

Causal. No sleeves, flip flops and shorts.

Interest for Cooking or Baking

Families For Life Volunteer Leader

Families for Life (FFL)

Support and maintenance of parent peer support group, community engagement, volunteer management and event management

Minimally 18 years old, proven experience of initiating and managing volunteer projects, and able to inspire, influence and motivate other volunteers

Attire Required: FFL Volunteer T-shirts

Reading Captain

Care Corner Educational Therapy Service (Tampines)

Volunteers will assist Facilitator during the program as Reading Captain.

Volunteers will be reading books to children to help facilitate attention and focus during class

• Volunteers should be 18 years old and above.

• Volunteers should also have a good command of the English language.

• Volunteers should be able to connect with child.

• Volunteers should be able to handle child's behaviour.

• Volunteers able to commit minimum of 3 months, twice a week.

• Volunteers available from 3pm - 6pm on weekdays (minimum of 1.5h timeslot)

Briefing and training will be provided on the job with supervision