Volunteer with BaptistCare
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Supporting BaptistCare is about sharing the best of yourself to make a real difference in the lives of many.
Your support will bring you into a network of almost 2,000 like-minded people who are dedicated to helping Australians live to their full potential.
We offer a wide range of volunteering opportunities in Melbourne and across Australia to suit your individual skills and interests, as well as training, support and flexibility to assist you with your volunteering goals.
Volunteer with BaptistCare
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Find out more about our volunteering opportunities
What are the benefits of volunteering?
Whether you’re looking for volunteer work in aged care, foster care, or meaningful local opportunities that support families and communities, we can help you find a role that fits.
Volunteering with BaptistCare means:
- genuinely enhancing the lives of people in your community
- gaining valuable skills, knowledge and experience
- creating a sense of purpose and satisfaction in your volunteering work
- networking opportunities within our team
- contributing to profound positive social change.
Browse some of our most urgent volunteering openings below or get in touch to find out where your skills and experience can be best utilised.
Call us today on 13 22 78 or submit a volunteer enquiry form here.
Volunteers required
Volunteer in foster care
We are currently in urgent need of foster carers in Melbourne’s Northern and Western suburbs and in Tasmania.
If you’re interested in foster care volunteering in Australia, BaptistCare can help you explore opportunities to support children and families through foster or kinship care.
Play an active part in enriching a child’s life and watch them thrive when you become a foster or kinship carer.
Our foster carers come from all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life – all enquiries are welcome. You can learn more about foster care here.
To start the conversation about volunteering in foster care, submit an enquiry below.
Volunteers required
Volunteer in residential aged care
As a volunteer, you’ll bring joy to older people living in our BaptistCare residential aged care communities by visiting them regularly and enjoying a one-to-one chat – perhaps over a cuppa or a bite to eat.
To start the conversation about volunteering with residential aged care, please submit an enquiry below.
Meet Simon who volunteers in residential aged care
Volunteers required
Volunteer to support families with pre-school children in our Home-Start program
If you have parenting skills, enjoy being around children, and can give two hours of your week to support local families in Bendigo, Macedon Ranges and Sunshine, then you’re the perfect fit for BaptistCare’s Home-Start volunteer program.
Our Home-Start volunteers provide emotional and practical support to families with pre-school children in their own homes. They provide mentoring and non-judgmental support on a short or long-term basis.
If you would like more information, please contact us via email: volunteer@baptcare.org.au
Volunteers required
Volunteer in our social and day respite centres
Our social and day respite centres provide care and support to older people while offering an opportunity to socialise and enjoy new and existing hobbies – all while their primary caregiver takes a break.
As part of the team, you would support our customers with transport or in-home visits, and you may also help at our Brindabilla, Southaven and Orana social and day respite centres.
If you’d like to build meaningful relationships with our customers and help reduce social isolation and loneliness, we’d love to hear from you!
Ready to make a positive impact?
Prefer to talk with someone?
Whether you're looking for a volunteer role in Melbourne or want to support communities across wider Australia, we’ll help you find an opportunity that suits your skills and interests. Call us today and we’ll connect you with a specialist who can help answer your questions about volunteering with BaptistCare and find the right volunteering role for you.
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