Aligned with our existing competency frameworks for health care professionals, the volunteer competencies are organized under eight headings, or domains. No matter how you decide to operationalize the competencies in your volunteer program, they are designed to help you better recruit, screen and train hospice volunteers.
The new volunteer competency framework was co-created with 18 representatives of hospice organizations from across BC, and was guided by key provincial and regional hospice palliative care partners and experts.
Get a guided tour
Join us for a one-hour session that will introduce you to the volunteer competencies, November 23, or November 26.
This session will use an ECHO format, following the “all teach, all learn” principle, so you’ll have the opportunity to hear from those who helped create the document. As well, this session will help you to consider how the document will be of benefit in settings other than hospices, such as long-term care or volunteer-led community groups and organizations that support people effected with serious illness.
Register now:
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 1:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Friday, November 26, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.
Take a look
Download your copy of the volunteer competencies now, and for more information on the overall competency framework, and to review the core competencies for other disciplines, visit Competency Framework.
This new volunteer competency framework is aligned with existing competency frameworks for health care professionals. The volunteer competencies are organized under either heading, or domains, including:
• Principles of palliative care and palliative approach
• Cultural Safety and Humility
• Communication
• Comfort and Quality of life
• Care planning and collaborative practice
• Loss, grief, and bereavement
• Professional and ethical practice
• Self care
