Volunteer Learning

Palliative Care Volunteering NSW

Palliative Care Volunteers in NSW has a series of resources for training volunteers. This includes Palliare: A Handbook for Palliative Care Volunteers in NSW and a series of associated quizzes.

PalliLEARN

PalliLEARN provides courses to promote palliative care education and enhance community knowledge and capacity. Participants will learn how to build the skills to support and care for those living with a life-limiting illness. Courses are available in various states.

Supporting a Person Who Needs Palliative Care (280kb pdf)

This is an online pdf guidebook that provides basic but practical information for family and friends, carers or volunteers, who are assisting in care provision for a person who is in the palliative phase.

Palliative Care Victoria Volunteers Training Kit

This series of nine modules provides competency-based training across various topics in palliative care for volunteers. Training kits can be purchased for use.

Palliative Care NSW Volunteer Services Support Program

Comprehensive palliative care volunteer training resource.

When you decide to become a volunteer most organisations will arrange for training after your application has been approved. For more on this see:

Palliative and Supportive Care Education (PaSCE) – Volunteer Education

8 things you need to know about getting involved in palliative care volunteering

CareSearch: Patients, Families and Friends

Eastern Palliative Care (EPC) volunteer services

Volunteering Australia – Resources

Palliative Care NSW Volunteers Services Support Program

Palliative Care ACT – Become A Volunteer

Palliative Care New South Wales – Volunteering

Palliative Care Queensland – Volunteer Village

Palliative Care Tasmania – Palliative care volunteers

Palliative Care Victoria – Introduction to volunteering

Palliative care Western Australia – volunteering