You Can Make a Difference for Sick Kids, the Elderly and Families in Your Community
You can be a massive positive in someone’s life by working as a volunteer for health assist.
Working as a volunteer with Health Assist is all about providing real tangible and appreciated help to families and individuals by bringing your time, skills, enthusiasm, and caring to help out in whatever way you are able to where an individual, couple or family is struggling due to disadvantage and ill health or injury.
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“The families I’ve helped have just been so appreciative, they are going through so much, to have someone just come in and help them with basic stuff means a lot. I’ve had a mum we were helping just hug me and cry because I got all the backlog of washing done and sorted and put away, she just was not well enough and her kids had been doing their best you know, it’s that stuff that I find rewarding, and it’s not hard stuff – there are so many people out there that just don’t have family or people around them that can help when they need it.” Bronwyn, Health Assist Volunteer (Melbourne)
Could you be a hero for sick Aussie’s and their families in their time of need?
Work as a volunteer alongside other like-minded dedicated Aussie’s like you, to help make life better for sick Australian’s in need of a hand.
Become part of our team today!
To work as a volunteer, simply click the button above and fill in your details, or call 1300 793 805 or you can email us admin@healthassist.org.au with your details including your interests, skills and any relevant experience. We’ll schedule a brief interview with you and then match you to the needs of our clients.
Ways to help Health Assist Charity Support Sick Aussies
We need friendly, caring volunteers to help us support disadvantaged families and individuals who are struggling with health related issues.
Could you:
- Help an elderly pensioner attend medical appointments by providing transport
- Support a single mum battling cancer by providing in home help in the form of household services like cooking or cleaning
- Help watch over and keep an ill person company while their partner gets some much needed respite or attends to errands
- Help look after a sick person’s pet when they are too ill to do it themselves
- Ask your company to donate much needed medical devices and home assistance items to help make day to day life a little easier for Aussie’s battling disadvantage and ill health
- Ask your employer if they would consider donating employee time to help out sick Aussie battlers
- Help us raise funds to provide direct financial assistance to disadvantaged Aussies to help them access the health care services and medications they need
“Volunteering with Health Assist has given me a real sense of purpose to my life, it’s also made me appreciate how lucky I am to have my health.” Joe, Health Assist Volunteer (Rockhampton)
Health Assist Charity Volunteer Program Matches Your Skills and Interests with Our Client’s Needs
Health Assist Charity Volunteer Program works to match the skills and interests of our volunteers with the needs of our clients: from providing transport for elderly clients to appointments; coordinating donations of medical devices or home assistance items; to dog walking; household services; handyman tasks; fundraising; or even childcare services.
Helping people when they are sick isn’t always about medical services, sometimes it’s about taking care of the things that they just can’t do, or can’t afford, to help them focus on managing their illness or getting better. You can help us do this important work in your community.
As a member of our volunteer team, you are a valuable member of our
organisation. We provide opportunities for training, a great environment and support. You can read more about Health Assist Charity Volunteer Policies here
Health Assist Volunteers help disadvantaged Australian when they need it most.
Apply to Work as a Volunteer with Health Assist Charity Today
Get involved, and provide assistance to an Aussie who might not be doing so well right now. Contact us Call 1300 793 805 or email admin@healthassist.org.au to join our volunteer program. We’ll match your skills and interests to the client’s you can best help.
As a volunteer you will not only be a valuable part of our team, helping people who need support, you will also benefit through:
- making new friendships and creating professional networks
- acting on your values and interests
- enjoying better physical and mental health yourself (as studies show volunteering makes us healthier and happier!)
- helping your community
Work as a Volunteer and help us to help the vulnerable sick Aussie children, elderly and families.
What kind of work do Health Assist Volunteers Do?
“I had to get my sister to drive me as I don’t have a car, we live about 110km from this specialist, my sister had to take the day off work to take me to this appointment as the community transport was booked out on this day. She works casual so it cost her money to take the time off. I have had to do this two times already and they want me to go back but I can’t keep asking her to take time off to drive me.”
Could you provide transport services to medical appointments?
As a volunteer you can help people struggling with illness and financial disadvantage to get to and from medical appointments. If you can’t afford a car, are too sick to drive and don’t have someone available to take you to and from frequent medical appointments, it can mean simply missing out on receiving medical care. Unfortunately we see this happening far too often to elderly community members who become isolated and without support. You can help bring social contact and support to elderly people in your community simply by driving them to and from appointments and helping them to access the medical care they need to manage their illness.
“It was critical that Isla had an environment that was free from germs before we could bring her home, as the treatment she has had to endure and will continue to endure over the next 30 months decreases her little immune system. Health Assist organised a cleaner for us at a time when we were just overwhelmed by everything that was going on. Knowing we were bringing her home to a clean house may not seem like much, but it was a huge assistance for us.” Leanne, Health Assist client
Support a family with a sick child by providing household services
If you can clean a house, you can help a family like Leanne and Andrew’s family, their little girl Isla was struck down with Pre B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Although Leanne and Andrew have been able to manage the medical costs and gain access to medical professionals to help Isla, the time and strain of trying to care for Isla and her two brothers during Isla’s time in hospital was just too much to keep on top of their household cleaning. Our volunteers were able to support Isla and her family by providing household cleaning services for the family so that Isla could be brought home to a clean house.
Providing Company and Peace of Mind
As a volunteer with Health Assist you could help a family struggling with ill 
health and disadvantage simply by being present. When someone you care for is unwell, simple tasks like getting to the shops can feel impossible as you worry about whether they will be okay while you are gone. By simply sitting with an ill person, while their primary carer gets some errands done, or has some much needed respite you provide a huge helping hand. Disadvantaged families often cannot afford the cost of respite care and may either not be eligible or have difficulty accessing funding to pay for this type of service.
Join our fabulous Volunteer team today – Apply Now
There are also other ways to support the Australian Health Assist Charity.
Australian Businesses Donating Needed Equipment and Services to Sick Aussies
Could you negotiate for your company to donate needed medical devices, medical services or home assistance items to sick Australian’s in need? Many of our client’s struggle financially to purchase home help items like shower chairs, eating or drinking aids, medical alarms and other items that can relieve some of the stresses and strains of being ill, or of caring for someone who is seriously ill. By working with individuals and companies willing to donate purchased items to sick Aussie in need, we are able to provide a better quality of life for sick and disadvantaged Australians. If you, or your business are able to assist us, please get in touch by phone or email to see what needs we currently have and how you can get involved. You can find out more about Health Assist Charity Pro Bono Opportunities & Equipment Donations here
Work with us as your event charity partner or help us deliver our own fundraising events
You can also fundraise for us. Whether you work with us as an Australian Charity partner for your own event, or help us with our fundraising events. Although we primarily deliver services to assist our clients, sometimes financial assistance is the best support we can provide. To help cover the cost of specialist gap fees, to purchase prescribed medications, or to help with other out of pocket expenses. To provide this type of needed assistance requires funding and you could help us make a difference by volunteering. Find out all the ways you can help the Health Assist charity through our philanthropy opportunities.
If you’d like to help in some way, send us an email with your details, interests, and how you’d like to assist, or call us for a chat. We’d love to have you as part of our valuable volunteer and support team. Helping us help sick Aussies and their families.
Thankyou!
The Health Assist Charity Team