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Volunteers

MDSI supports volunteering as an integral part of Australian society. Volunteering at MDSI allows people to make a meaningful and worthwhile contribution to the wider community of Macarthur. By becoming a volunteer at MDSI you have an opportunity to contribute to the unique efforts of MDSI in the local community, especially to the culturally and linguistically diverse communities throughout the Macarthur region.

Roles of Volunteers

MDSI volunteers help in a variety of programs. People receiving volunteer help have different needs, some require social assistance and others practical assistance, some are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, some are refugees and others are struggling with family, educational or health problems. Our volunteer programs include:

  • Helping families connect with the community
  • Helping children in playgroups
  • Assisting frail aged people with shopping or home visits
  • Tutoring young people
  • Teaching English
  • Social visits

Volunteers have their own unique and valuable skills, some are excellent teachers others are fantastic at fixing things, one may help a high school student with their maths and another may help a frail aged person go shopping, others may love playing with children or driving a bus to the markets.

As a volunteer, you tell us what you would like to do, the time you would like to commit to and when you are available, we will do the rest!

You can download our volunteer application forms at the bottom of this page.

Volunteer Opportunities are Available in our:

Campbelltown Multicultural Neighbour Aid Service

This service provides social support services to meet the needs of frail aged, elderly people and younger people with disabilities and their carers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The service aims to enable people to live independently in their own home and provides assistance through a companion (volunteer) either within the home environment or while a person is accessing community services or facilities. The service is primarily directed towards meeting the person’s need for social contact/accompaniment in order to participate in community life and reduce isolation.

Campbelltown Multicultural Aged Day Care Service

This service relieves loneliness and isolation by providing respite care for frail and isolated aged people in the Campbelltown area from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Currently, the program caters to the needs of frail and isolated aged people from Arabic, Lao, Spanish, Samoan/Tongan, Filipino, Egyptian backgrounds. Day care groups meet daily throughout the week.

If you are patient caring person who has compassion for the elderly, speak a language other than English, have time to give we would like you to participate in our Volunteer Program please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Ms Meg Villena on 45627 1188 or email Meg@mdsi.org.au.

Community Connectors Program

Volunteers assist the Community Connectors worker with home visits in Ambarvale/Rosemeadow to connect families with local community events. Volunteers also assist with data collection and administration as well as attending community events with our workers and families. If you are interested in helping please call Marcela or email Marcela@mdsi.org.au.

Reception

MDSI welcomes volunteers to assist with our reception and information services. In this role you will assist with taking phone calls, assisting clients with appointments and information, typing, filing, data entry and other general office work. If you have good English skills, enjoy helping people please speak with Bridget or email on Bridget@mdsi.org.au.

Community Services Team

Our Community Services Team consists of a variety of programs have a diverse range of voluntary roles; some are helping with specific communities such as the Arabic and Vietnamese speaking communities; others are general such as helping families, young people, children or newly arrived migrants. There are a diverse range of activities that volunteers can assist with ranging from office based computer, typing or helping with activities that we do in the community. If you would like to find out more please call Bridget or email Bridget@mdsi.org.au. Alternatively you can read through the 'What We Do' section of our web and call the worker in the program you are most interested in.

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