Pastoral Care Volunteer, Community Home Visits, Blacktown NSW

Pastoral Care Volunteer, Community Home Visits, Blacktown NSW

Blacktown, Australia Posted on 09/23/2025

HammondCare is an independent Christian charity specialising in dementia care, palliative care, and rehabilitation, specialist mental health for older people and other health and aged services.

Volunteer opportunities are available across NSW, ACT, SA and Victoria. If you don't see an opportunity in your area, please call or email

HammondCare pastoral care volunteers have an opportunity to support the spiritual and emotional needs of the elderly clients living in their home. As a pastoral care volunteer, you'll be actively involved with a local Christian church.

We are seeking a Pastoral Care Volunteer to visit an elderly client living at home in Blacktown. She enjoys listening to music on YouTube, watching TV shows, and playing games on her phone. She also appreciates the value of having someone to chat with and share time together. Previously worked in a shirt factory, she also loves cricket, football and cowboy movies. Lives in her childhood home, would love someone to come and read the Bible together, pray together, sing hymns and serve communion. She will benefit from having a pastoral care volunteer visit her.

You'll supplement and complement the work of our HammondCare At Home Pastoral Care Coordinator, and under their direction you may:

• Support people to meet their spiritual needs

Skills required for this role:

• High level of interpersonal skills, including strong empathy and listening skills.
• Pastoral Care training for example Chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education, or you could attend HammondCare pastoral care training- Spiritual Care Series, in preparation to becoming a pastoral care volunteer.

Impact

Volunteering alongside Pastoral Care can be a rewarding experience, both for the person you visit as well as yourself. Regular visits from volunteers can help to improve quality of life and help people feel less isolated.

HammondCare

HammondCare is an independent Christian charity, supporting people to live in their homes and maintain their independence. We're passionate about improving the quality of life for people in need and we have a wonderful group of volunteers that partner with us to enhance the lives of clients who are living at home.

Further information

For more information about volunteering at HammondCare At Home, click the apply button below and our friendly Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator Dani will give you a call.

• 18 years or older
• National Volunteer Police Check arranged and paid for by HammondCare

We would be happy to discuss a suitable time during the week for a one hour visit between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday, visits could be weekly to fortnightly depending on your availability.