Volunteer
Are you Interested in Volunteering?
If you are looking to give back to the community and make a real difference, check out our current Volunteer opportunities!
Are you Interested in Volunteering?
If you are looking to give back to the community and make a real difference, check out our current Volunteer opportunities!
To Become a Housing Plus and Plus Community Volunteer You Can:
Complete our online Volunteer Application form.
Great Reasons to Volunteer
Help others and make a difference in your community.
An opportunity for work experience that can be an advantage in seeking paid work.
Use your skills in a productive way and develop new skills.
Meet new people and expand your horizons.
Get out of the house and achieve the personal rewards gained from making a difference to the life of others.
What is Volunteering With Us?
Housing Plus and Plus Community define Volunteering as time willingly given for the common good of our community, clients, and customers. Volunteering does not include paid activities or those linked to some other obligation. Such activities complement, but do not replace the services provided by paid Housing Plus and Plus Community employees.
Volunteer Involvement
- One off – support of a particular event or activity
- Ongoing – volunteers who conduct activities with a particular program in a regular capacity. For example, Donations Coordination and Courtesy Bus Driving.
There will be a staged approach to engaging Volunteers to deliver support services to Housing Plus and Plus Community. If one of the roles listed below does not match your skillset and you are interested in Volunteering with us, please email volunteers@housingplus.com.au with your contact details and we will get back in touch with you to discuss your ideas.
What You Can Expect When Volunteering with Housing Plus and Plus Community
- A written role description so you understand your role and the tasks you are authorised to perform.
- A full induction, and training relating to the Volunteer role.
- A safe environment in which to perform your role.
- Respect for your privacy, including keeping your privileged information confidential.
- A Volunteer Supervisor, so that you can ask questions and get feedback.
- Reimbursement for your reasonable pre-approved expenses so you are not out-of-pocket because of Volunteering for us.
- Insurance to cover you for the Volunteer duties you are authorised to perform.
- A workplace that values volunteers, diversity, equality, and sustainability
Current Volunteer Roles
Volunteer Drivers
- Location – Orange
- Frequency – arranged to suit.
- Volunteers’ availability – 2-hour shifts AM & PM
- Role – Help transport our clients to appointments, shopping, drop the kids to school and after school activities.
- Essential – Applicants must have a Drivers Licensed – Class C
- Desirable – Experience working with vulnerable people.
Volunteer Donation Coordinator
- Location – Orange
- Frequency – arranged to suit Volunteers availability.
- Role – Sorting, folding, storing, Cataloguing creating a registry for donations received by Housing Plus and Plus Community.
- Essential – Highly organised, Computer literacy skills – data entry, managing emails, experience with Microsoft word programs.
- Desirable – Experience working with vulnerable people.
Volunteer Fundraising Committee
- Locations – Orange, Dubbo, Bathurst
- Frequency – Monthly Meetings
- Role – Assist with the organising, planning, management, and administration of fundraising events to raise money for the construction of crisis accommodation for women and children escaping domestic and family violence.
- Essential – Experience fundraising
- Desirable – Experience working with vulnerable people.
