Women’s and Children’s Health Network • Volunteering Opportunities

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network offers a wide variety of volunteering opportunities at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide, and at various community sites.

Perhaps you would like to volunteer with patients and families or help staff behind the scenes. We match your availability, skills and experience to a role to make sure you and the staff you volunteer with have a positive experience. Below are our current vacancies and areas in which you can get involved.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

My Time Play Helper

We are looking for people who genuinely enjoy engaging with children to volunteer with the My Time program.

My Time is a program for parents and carers of children with a disability, developmental delay or chronic medical condition to have time out in a group, led by a group facilitator, held during school terms. The groups are held in the community in places like community centres and Early Learning Centres. Each group has a Playtime Helper that looks after the children while parents and carer’s have time out with the group. Groups run during school terms only.

Volunteers with My Time assist the Playtime Helper to look after the children (0-5years). Volunteers are required, in general, for 6 sessions per term, for 2 hours per session. This position is suitable for those studying Child Care, Disability, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech Therapy. Or maybe you’re retired or have time to share your grand parenting skills!

Volunteers are needed in the following My Time Groups: Elizabeth Grove, Tuesday 1:00 – 3:00pm; Wynn Vale Friday 12:30 – 2:30pm; Port Augusta, Friday 1:00 – 3:00pm and Whyalla, Friday, 9:30 – 11:30am.

Our experience is that this role is most successful when the volunteer lives close to the actual; group they are volunteering for.

If you wish to apply for this role, please apply online with as much detail as possible and attach a CV (if you have one).

Volunteer Role Description – My Time Play Helper (310KB PDF)

Volunteer Guide Team

Do you like to keep active and help others? Do you want to be part of a great team? Join our fabulous team of Volunteer Guides!

We are building our team and looking for people who can volunteer Mondays (12 – 4pm), Thursdays (8am – 12pm or 12 – 4pm) and Fridays (12 – 4pm).

The WCH Volunteer Guides are people who are friendly and enjoy meeting people from all walks of life and cultures; have a written and verbal command of the English language.

Our volunteer guides have first class customer service skills and provide a person and family centred care approach to their role as they enjoy being able to help others by guiding them around the hospital. Being part of the WCH Volunteer Guide team is a great way to meet people, keep your brain active, have fun and keep fit!

The Guide Team operates Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 4 pm comprising of 2 shifts per day; 8am -12noon and 12noon – 4 pm. Each volunteer is expected to fulfil one 4 hour shift per week. You will receive comprehensive training to fulfil your role.

If this is something you think you’d like to do, please read the Volunteer Role Description:

Volunteer Role Description – Guide Team Volunteer (467KB PDF)

Updated: Mar 2023

Taikurrinthi (Aboriginal Liaison Unit) Volunteer

Taikurrinthi (Aboriginal Liaison Unit) within the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, welcomes all Aboriginal families during their stay at the hospital. It is a safe and friendly place away from the wards and a good place to catch up with our Aboriginal Liaison Officers (ALOs). ALOs support families to improve a woman’s or a child’s journey through the health care system by providing cultural advocacy and linking families with a diverse range of service providers if required.

A volunteer with good organisational skills is required in Taikurrinthi to provide general and administrative support for 4 hours per week on a Monday to Friday (day negotiable).

If this sounds like you, please mention Taikurrinthi when you apply.