Please fill out the form if you're interested in taking the training
to become a hospice volunteer.
Our next training session tentatively-Feb/Mar 2025

FALL TRAINING IS FULL
You will be put on the waitlist

Volunteer Application

First name

Date of Birth

Last name

Main Phone #:

Secondary Phone #

Address

Personal Reference 1

Name:

Relationship to you:

Phone #:

Email:

Personal Reference 2

Name:

Relationship to you:

Phone #:

Email:

What made you decide to become a volunteer with hospice? Please give as much detail as you can.

Have you ever done any volunteering or worked within a field similar to hospice? If yes, please detail your experience.

Please tell us a bit about your background and professional history

Tell us your skills or interests that may be relevant as a hospice volunteer

Have you experienced a personal loss or bereavement during the past year? If yes, please detail your experience.

Have you experienced any major life changes in the past year? (ie: illness, separation/divorce, major move or job change), if so please explain.

Have you ever spent time with someone very sick and/or dying? If yes, please describe how it was for you.

Volunteers provide emotion support for people in the final stages of life, and for the loved ones involved. Do you feel like you are prepared for this type of volunteering, please explain.

Our clients come from diverse ethnicities, sexual orentation, cultura beliefs etc. What are your feelings towards supporting individuals that are different from you?

It is important for volunteers to have support, themselves. Please describe what your personal support system is like.

What do you do for self care; physically, mentally, emotionally & spirtually, when you are under stress or managing challenging situations?

Do you have any physical or medical restrictions/conditions that may affect your function as a volunteer? If yes, please explain.

Please tell us anything else you would like us to know about you that you feel is important in a role as a hospice volunteer.

Volunteer Roles:

Our volunteers work in a variety of roles that are designated as Direct Care and/or Indirect Care. Please indicate which areas of volunteering interest you.

Direct Care Volunteer

Indirect Care Volunteer

Both

Volunteers working directly with clients/families. (ie: Vigil support, 1:1 grief support, hospital visiting team)

Volunteers who support Hospice without working directly with clients/families. (ie: fundraising, community awareness, special events)

Volunteers who would like to be involved in various aspects of hospice, or as their time permits

Emergency Contact

Name:

Relationship to you:

Phone #:

Email:

Prior to the commencement of training, applicants will:

Complete the online volunteer application and submit
Complete a Criminal Records Check through the Province of British Columbia. (We will provide a link and security code for the online application.)
Participate in a screening interview with two hospice facilitators
Once you've been accepted for the training, there is a fee of $60, which is due before the first session of the course.

I submit the above information as true and I agree to complete the BC Ministry of Justice record check.

I agree to the terms & conditions

Your Signature

Select a date

Thank you for applying for the training,

we will be in touch shortly.

We acknowledge the unceded territory and ancestors of Coast Salish First Nations of Salt Spring Island & surrounding areas who continue to use and steward the lands and waters of the Salish Sea

Supporting our Island Community with Compassion and Comfort

Please fill out the form if you're interested in taking the training
to become a hospice volunteer.
Our next training session tentatively-Feb/Mar 2025

FALL TRAINING IS FULL
You will be put on the waitlist

Volunteer Application

Personal Reference 1

Personal Reference 2

Emergency Contact

Subscribe Form

We acknowledge the unceded territory and ancestors of Coast Salish First Nations of Salt Spring Island & surrounding areas who continue to use and steward the lands and waters of the Salish Sea

Supporting our Island Community with Compassion and Comfort

Please fill out the form if you're interested in taking the training to become a hospice volunteer. Our next training session tentatively-Feb/Mar 2025

FALL TRAINING IS FULL You will be put on the waitlist

Volunteer Application

Personal Reference 1

Personal Reference 2

Emergency Contact

Subscribe Form

Please fill out the form if you're interested in taking the training
to become a hospice volunteer.
Our next training session tentatively-Feb/Mar 2025

FALL TRAINING IS FULL
You will be put on the waitlist