Volunteering

Drivers: Our volunteer drivers love helping our clients to maintain their independence by taking them out and about to the places they need to go.
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‍Bus Attendants: Social outings are lots of fun and keep our clients connected to their community. We have several bus attendants who join these outings to help keep things running smoothly, and have fun along the way!


‍Administration: Our administration volunteers provide valuable support to our Client Service Officers in a variety of ways.
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‍Volunteer Visitors: Our Aged Care Volunteer Visitors play a vital role in improving the quality of life of older people through ongoing companionship and communication to ensure they feel socially connected to their community and have a sense of purpose and belonging.

The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme, or ACVVS for short, creates meaningful connections and strengthens healthy social wellbeing for older people through friendship and regular visits. Linked are the auspicing organisation for ACVVS across our whole region. ACVVS is an initiative by the Australian Government and funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care.

Become an ACVVS Volunteer
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Our volunteers through the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme have access to ongoing training and resources specific to their volunteer roles with new training opportunities to improve, develop and apply new skills under the ACVVS Community of Practice Portal, with the support and assistance of the Linked Community Services ACVVS team.

They are recruited, trained and supported by the Linked Community Services Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) team who are here to help. Aged Care Volunteer Visitors are carefully matched to a resident, group or care recipient who has similar interests and hobbies, and commit themselves to building long-term friendships, a minimum of one hour a fortnight with weekly visits encouraged.

Aged Care Volunteer visits are flexible, supportive and take into consideration the recipient’s health, cultures/traditions, mobility and wellbeing, with visits centered on enjoyment. The shared experiences between an Aged Care Volunteer Visitor and a Care Recipient can be as simple as a walk in the garden, reading together, listening to music, a scenic trip around your local area, watching a movie, baking together, an outing to the beach, playing a board game or jigsaw, fish and chips at the park or joining in the laughter of a group activity within a Residential Aged Care Facility.


Where the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) Services
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Our Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) Aged Care Planning Regions are the Hunter and Mid North Coast areas, and covers geographical regions from South West Rocks to Newcastle with Linked Community Services offices situated in Port Macquarie, Taree and Port Stephens.