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Doncare (Doncaster Community Care and Counselling Centre)


Posted: 05-03-2007
Contact Phone: 98414215
Website: http://www.doncare.org.au

Agency or Program type Aged Services, Community Services (Welfare & Opportunity Ships), Emergency Management, Family Services, Information & Legal Services

Volunteering activities type Visiting/social support/driving, Working with the aged, Food Service, Community/Sporting events, Counselling/mediation/advocacy, Admin/clerical, IT/Library services, Material relief, Providing info/guiding visitors, Emergency/safety/rescue

About the agency Doncare is a community services organisation that provides services to families, the aged, youth and disadvantaged in the City of Manningham and surrounds. The services include Practical Assistance, Counselling, Social Support groups for seniors, In-home Family Support, the Hands On Parenting Support volunteer home visiting program and a Women’s Domestic Violence support program.

Doncare operates five Opportunity Shops, which are located in Templestowe Village, North Blackburn Shopping Centre, Jackson Court (East Doncaster), Macedon Plaza (Lower Templestowe) and Brentford Square (Forest Hill).

The services provided by Doncare are primarily delivered by over 460 volunteers.

Volunteers
Volunteering opportunities at Doncare include:

• Community Information Workers who provide practical assistance to clients who are experiencing hardship. They also provide information and interview prospective volunteers under the Volunteering in Manningham Program.
• Social Support Connectors and Drivers who drive and support seniors to attend social outings
• Opportunity Shop staff who support the fundraising efforts of the five Opportunity shops
• Administration Support staff
• Volunteer Counsellors (Need to be stuying at post-graduate level. There is a waiting list.)
• Member of Doncare Events Coordination and Food Service Team

>Vacancies
VV0904 Doncare (Domestic Violence Advocacy and Support) DVAS program (previously DAWN)
VV0911 Social Support Drivers Doncare/Manningham Community Health Service
VV0912 Social Support Volunteers Doncare/Manningham Community Health
VV10013 Volunteering in Manningham (ViM) Access Database expert (short-term)
VV10014 Administrative volunteer to help update ViM website
VV10019 Retail sales at Doncare opportunity shops
VV10028 Volunteer Counsellor
VV10035 Doncare Events Coordination and Food Service Team member

More information
Go to VV0904 vacancy Doncare (Domestic Violence Advocacy and Support) DVAS program (previously DAWN)
Go to VV0911 vacancy Social Support Drivers Doncare/Manningham Community Health Service
Go to VV0912 vacancy Social Support Volunteers Doncare/Manningham Community Health
Go to VV10013 vacancy Volunteering in Manningham (ViM) Access Database expert (short-term)
Go to VV10014 vacancy Administrative volunteer to help update ViM website
Go to VV10019 vacancy Retail sales at Doncare opportunity shops
Go to VV10028 vacancy Volunteer Counsellor
Go to VV10035 vacancy Doncare Events Coordination and Food Service Team member

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