Hospital Discharge Support Volunteer
Hospital Discharge Support Service Volunteers help older people get home from hospital safely and settle back home after their hospital stay.
What do Discharge Support Volunteer do?
The Hospital Discharge Support Service provides transport from Stoke Mandeville and Wexham Park after a hospital stay. Volunteers work alongside our drivers to help this experience, chatting to and encouraging our client through the journey.
Then at home, we help clients to settle in, checking they have all they need, such as milk in the fridge and the heating on, and that they are safe there.
This is a 7 day a week service so there are opportunities to volunteer at weekends, as well as in the week.
What you will get out of it
It's a great way to help someone at a difficult time for them.
You'll be giving something back to your community
You get to be part of Age UK Buckinghamshire's volunteer team
What is expected of me?
Discharge Support Volunteers normally do a ‘shift’ each week they are available of a few hours.
Volunteers complete a short relevant training session and provide references.
Find out more
To find out more about volunteering with Age UK Buckinghamshire, please click below and submit our Volunteer Enquiry Form and we will be in touch in the next 2-3 working days.
For more information on volunteering roles you can contact our Volunteer Coordinator via phone or email.
Email - volunteers@ageukbucks.org.uk
Phone - 01296 388057