Volunteer with Baptcare
Meet people and make a meaningful difference
On this page:
If you like meeting people, making them happy, working in a team and making a meaningful difference, volunteering at Baptcare is perfect for you.
As one of our valued team members, you’ll get all the training and support you need to achieve your volunteering goals. We offer flexibility and tailor our opportunities to your unique skills, interests and abilities.
You might find yourself playing board games with people living in residential aged care, visiting someone once a week for up to an hour or working on special projects to change peoples’ lives.
You might like to help people seeking asylum with their English or cook a meal with them, assist with distributing food from our food bank, give foot and hand massages or teach art or jewellery making.
What are the benefits of volunteering?
When you volunteer with Baptcare, you will:
- genuinely enhance the lives of people in your community
- gain valuable new skills, knowledge and experience
- experience a strong sense of purpose and satisfaction
- access networking opportunities throughout our team
- enjoy contributing to profound positive social change.
Ready to make a meaningful difference?
If you’re ready to get started, call us today on 13 22 78 or submit a volunteer enquiry form.
Volunteer
With foster care
We are in urgent need of foster carers in Melbourne’s Northern and Western suburbs and in Tasmania.
Our foster carers come from all types of backgrounds, situations and walks of life. You can learn more about foster care here
To start the conversation about volunteering with foster care, submit an enquiry.
Volunteer
In residential aged care
As a volunteer, you’ll enhance the lives of people living in Baptcare residential aged care communities by visiting them one on one.
To start the conversation about volunteering with residential aged care, please submit an enquiry.
Volunteer
To support people seeking asylum
Sanctuary—our housing program for people seeking asylum—is committed to establishing a model of community-based support for people seeking asylum, as a viable and sustainable alternative to homelessness.
Sanctuary offers transitional accommodation for people who are seeking asylum, and awaiting an outcome on their Protection Visa application. Through the program, housing and other supports are offered around Melbourne.
We partner with church communities to offer housing and activities. We work with residents to empower them to learn English, gain employment and obtain independent housing, and create environments where people are free to belong and participate.
Ready to make a meaningful difference?
Volunteer
With social and day respite centres
As part of the team, you would support our customers with transport or in-home visits, and you may also help at our Brindabilla, Southaven and Orana social and day respite centres.
If you’d like to build meaningful relationships with our customers and help reduce their social isolation and loneliness at the same time, the Volunteer team would love to hear from you!
Ready to make a meaningful difference?
Volunteer
To support families with pre-school aged children with Home-Start
If you have parenting skills, enjoy being around children, have two hours a week to spare and would love to support a local family in Bendigo, Macedon Ranges and Sunshine then you’re the perfect fit for Baptcare’s Home-Start volunteer program.
Our Home-Start volunteers provide emotional and practical support to a local family with pre-school children in their own homes. They provide mentoring and non-judgmental support.
If you would like more information, please contact us via email: volunteer@baptcare.org.au
Prefer to talk with someone?
Call us today! We’ll connect you with an experienced specialist who can help you with any questions you may have about Volunteering with Baptcare.
Enquire about volunteering
