Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Therapeutic Services
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
Volunteer
Volunteer Roles
Tags:
Volunteer
ADMIN GROUP FACILITATOR
CLIENT SUPPORT
Location:
Multiple locations across Victoria
Program Area:
Community Support
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
Volunteer Position Description - Client Support
CLIENT TRANSPORT
Location:
Community Support, Positive Living Centre
Duties:
Volunteer drivers take HIV-positive clients to medical appointments, usually at major hospitals and HIV clinics. Transport expenses are reimbursed.
Directions:
This role suits volunteers with some spare time during the day, Monday to Friday. There is no minimum commitment, as staff contact volunteers to book each transport.
Skills: Driving, good communication skills and a sense of humour.
Requirements: Current driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle.
COFFEE MACHINE BARISTA
Location:
Multiple locations across Victoria
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
Volunteer Position Description - Coffee Machine Barista
COUNSELLOR
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
EVENT PROJECT OFFICE
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
FRONT OF HOUSE
Location:
615 St Kilda Road
Front of House / Admin
Duties:
This role involves customer service including answering the telephone, dealing with enquiries from a range of people and providing administrative support.
Skills: Administration, Communication
HIV PEER SUPPORT
Location:
Positive Living Centre
PLC Services
Duties:
Facilitate groups and provide support for people living with HIV/AIDS
Qualifications: You must be HIV positive for this program
Skills: Communication, Counselling
KITCHEN HAND
Location:
Positive Living Centre
PLC Services
Duties:
Help with food preparation, washing dishes, and general kitchen duties for lunches on Tuesdays and dinners on Thursdays
Skills: Chef / Kitchen Hand
Certification: Food Handling
LEGAL ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT
Purpose: The HIV AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) is a community legal centre specialising in issues related to HIV/AIDS and a program of Thorne Harbour Health. Volunteering with us will gain you exposure to interesting people and a wide scope of legal work. This is a legal administration assistant position where you will be the first point of call for clients, directing their enquiries as required.
Supervision: The Legal Administration Assistant Volunteer is supervised and reports to the manager of the Positive Living Centre (PLC).
Duties and responsibilities:
This is a legal administration assistant position where you will be the first point of call for clients, directing their enquiries as required. Tasks include:
- Managing client files
- Answering calls and emails
- Managing the client database
- Providing referrals
- Helping with other tasks as allocated by supervisor/s from time to time
Qualifications:
Must be undertaking or have completed Bachelor Laws/ Juris Doctor.
Volunteer shifts:
We are seeking volunteers to work one night per week on Thursday evenings between 6.30 - 9.00pm at the Positive Living Centre, South Yarra. We are ultimately looking for a weekly commitment, for a minimum of twelve months.
Volunteer role location:
The volunteer will work at the Positive Living Centre, at 51 Commercial Rd South Yarra (old Braille Library). The volunteer is responsible for arranging transport to and from this address.
Mandatory Checks:
The position is subject to satisfactory completion of a Police check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to complete the volunteer induction before commencing in their role.
Key Selection Criteria:
The following are central to the legal administration assistant position and are our primary basis for selection.
- A strong commitment to social justice and a sensitivity to and/or experience in working with clients and people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
- Proficient in using the Microsoft suite of products.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience working autonomously and as a contributing and productive team member, with a goal oriented approach.
- Ability to identify and handle completing priorities in a timely manner.
- Must be undertaking or have completed Bachelor Laws/ Juris Doctor.
- Available on a weekly basis for a minimum for twelve months.
OUTREACH SUPPORT
Location:
615 St Kilda Road
Health Promotion
Duties:
Outreach SOPV & Online Volunteers are members of the Health Promotion Program. Their role is to participate in outreach activities that may support patrons in Sex On Premises Venues (SOPV) or in Online communities who are affected or infected with HIV/AIDS or other Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) who are actively seeking sex with other men in these spaces.
Health Promotion Program volunteers are accountable in the first instance to their Outreach Project Health Educator, but they are ultimately accountable to the Manager of the Health Promotion Program.
General responsibilities:
- To be reliable, responsible, communicative and committed to working cooperatively within the Health Promotion Program (HPP) and Thorne Harbour Health
- To work cooperatively with other project volunteers and where needed with other HPP volunteers to ensure the integrity and quality of work within the Project is achieved
- To attend Bi-Monthly Catch-up meetings or to communicate with the project worker if you will be absent
- To actively contribute to the work of the project
- To actively and cooperatively undertake training provided by the HPP for Outreach Volunteer workers where it has been identified as needed for the duty to be performed
- To maintain a non-judgmental approach to the diverse lifestyles and life choices of other volunteers and clients of the HPP
- To respect and maintain confidentiality of client/s, friends, family and other volunteers
- To participate in review sessions at the conclusion of set periods of times within the course of the project
- To accept assistance, feedback and supervision from Outreach Project worker and program support staff as necessary
- To feedback through appropriate channels any information that may be useful or necessary for the welfare of client/s and the Program
- To complete necessary volunteer records e.g. statistical records in venues and/or online, claim forms, etc as required
- To be available a minimum of three (3) hours if working primarily in SOPV and/or two (2) hours if working primarily in online environments per month
- To not engage in any sexual activity with any HPP client whilst performing volunteer duties
- To identify any conflict of interest you may have in respect to any aspect of your volunteering role and to declare any such conflicts to the project worker or the manager of the HPP
- To not use yourself or to not provide a client with or secure for a client any illegal or illicit drugs
- To not accept/loan/give money to/or from a client
- To work within the policies and procedural guidelines as established by the HPP
- Please note: Failure to do so may result in termination of volunteer status within the HPP and possibly Thorne Harbour Health
Time commitment:
- To be available a minimum of three (3) hours if working primarily in SOPV and/or two (2) hours if working primarily in online environments per month
- To attend the regular Bi-Monthly Catch-ups if you are able
Qualifications/Skills/Abilities/Qualities/Experiences:
- To have available time to undertake HPP Outreach SOPV & Online activities. This will include a diverse range of hours and times for volunteer work
- To have the ability to communicate, care for and share with others in a supportive, non-judgmental and flexible manner
- The ability to work in socially confronting environments
- The ability to identify why you want to devote time to volunteering work and to determine what you can contribute and what you gain from such involvement
- A sense of humour, patience, empathy and understanding of the situations of clients
- Have a good understanding of male-to-male sex cultures
- A willingness to contribute and learn new skills and take up training opportunities offered
- Ability to respect the confidentiality of clients and other volunteers
- Good listening and communication skills
- Commitment to supporting the rights and independence of clients
- The ability to be self motivated yet to work effectively in a team situation with other volunteers
Directions:
Additional training sessions are required to carry out this work. These sessions are generally run over a weekend. Please note: it is a requirement that potential volunteers are able to attend both sessions.
All potential and current volunteers for this organisation must be prepared to undertake a police check as a condition of working for this agency.
PANTRY
Location:
Positive Living Centre
PLC Services
Duties:
Pick up supplies and stock shelves as part of this weekly service which provides clients with items to supplement their grocery shopping.
Skills: Chef / Kitchen Hand
PEER EDUCATION FACILITATOR
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
POLICY OFFICER
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Policy
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
POSITIVE LIVING CENTRE RECEPTIONIST
Location:
Positive Living Centre
Program Area:
PLC Services
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
Volunteer Position Description - Positive Living Centre Receptionist
RAINBOW CONNECTION
Location:
Community Support, Positive Living Centre
Duties:
Volunteers from the LGBTI community provide individual social support for isolated elderly members of the LGBTI community, living in their own homes or in aged-care facilities. Support includes home visits and outings for a movie or coffee and a chat.
Directions:
Rainbow Connection volunteers usually visit clients fortnightly, and visits can be on weekdays or weekends.
Skills: Good listening skills and an ability to establish rapport with a wide variety of people.
Requirements: Volunteers must identify as members of the LGBTI community. Own transport is an advantage but not essential.
RECEPTIONIST
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
Volunteer Position Description - Program Administration
PRONTO OUTREACH TESTING OFFSIDER
Location:
Pronto
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Project
Volunteer Position Description - Pronto Outreach Testing Offsider
REWIRED 2.0 GROUP FACILITATOR
Location:
200 Hoddle St Abbotsord
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Ongoing
Volunteer Position Description - Rewired 2.0 Group Facilitator
TESTING AND TAGGING OFFICER
Location:
Multiple locations across Victoria
Program Area:
Volunteer
Type of volunteering:
Periodic
Volunteer Position Description - Testing and Tagging Officer