Volunteers Peel to Care

The Red Cross also plays an important supporting role in healthcare during the COVID-19 crisis.

Nursing homes, nursing homes and hospitals are often faced with staff shortages, especially during the corona crisis. That is why the Red Cross supports these care institutions with volunteers 'Schil om de Zorg'.

We provide practical support to people in healthcare institutions. It concerns general hand and span services to support with personnel capacity in a care institution.

Volunteers for Schil om de Zorg

Hours based on registration per request for help

What are you going to do

It must concern non-medical procedures.

Think of support with:

• facility services and logistics (delivery of food / drinks / personal items);
• accompanying patients (to and from living room, private room, visit);
• offering a listening ear;
• playing games.

Duties of competent volunteers

For the following tasks, volunteers need specific training or certificates:

• Helping with first aid and performing diagnostic actions, appropriate to the competencies and intervention category that are specified within the care level of first aid in the Field Standard Event Care. This includes measuring blood pressure, saturation, temperature. The Red Cross volunteer only reads values and reports them to the healthcare professional.
• Helping with ADL (General Daily Life Operations) on behalf of carers / nurses. This concerns, for example: driving a wheelchair and putting on the handbrake, putting on and taking off shoes.

What does the Red Cross offer

The Red Cross offers the volunteers Schil om de Zorg:

• Basic first aid training.
• Long-term ADL training.
• Personal protective equipment training.
• A point of contact prior to the deployment.
• Many options for following training courses.
• This position offers the opportunity to be socially meaningful with meaningful and responsible volunteer work.
• The Red Cross offers a realistic expense allowance for travel and accommodation costs.

What do we ask:

If the client requests this, the Red Cross will request a Certificate of Good Conduct.

• A volunteer agreement is signed. This includes the confidentiality agreement that is required for these activities.
• Communicative skills in the Dutch language (both in writing and orally).
• Integer
• You treat others with respect.
• You handle information confidentially.
• Empathy
• You understand verbal messages and displayed emotions.
• You take your time and offer a listening ear.
• You take into account the feelings of others.
• You show understanding for others.
• Communication skills
• You speak calmly and intelligibly.
• You bring a logical structure to your story.
• You ask the other what they think and think.
• You check whether the other understands you.
• Be in possession of a first aid certificate (at least equal to RK 3100), or be prepared to obtain this.
• Enter into a volunteer agreement with the Red Cross.
• Be in possession of a VOG in accordance with the Red Cross guidelines for care or be prepared to request one from the Red Cross for free.
• Willing and interested to work with vulnerable groups.
• To be proficient with computers to register for the services in our system.

Apply

If you want to use your qualities for the Red Cross, please email us your motivation, preferably with your CV, stating vacancy number 2021 - 010 before 1 March 2021.

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