Which job is right for me?
Matching volunteer interests, talents and skills to appropriate job openings is important to ensure a rewarding volunteer experience. Click on the list of Volunteer Job Descriptions and contact the Volunteer Coordinator to discuss job availability, details, qualifications, and training that are required.

When can I start?
Some jobs can be started immediately while others may require training and orientation. Not all jobs are open at any given time. The Volunteer Training Class is offered when the need for more direct care volunteers exists, which might be once or several times a year. Once you have contacted the Volunteer Coordinator to express your interest in volunteering, you will automatically be notified of future training classes when they are scheduled, although there may be a gap of several months from the time you express your interest in volunteering and when the class is offered. A short term job assignment may be possible while you are waiting for this training opportunity. It is possible for an independent training program to be used in special circumstances to shorten the wait.

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Volunteer Training
Talbot Hospice’s Volunteer Training Class is a comprehensive 12-hour program addressing a variety of end-of-life issues including: hospice philosophy and care, fears and attitudes about death, spirituality, grief, listening skills, setting boundaries, family dynamics, the funeral process and job specifics. An additional 6-hour class teaches personal care skills. The training program is designed to prepare volunteers to work directly with patients, especially as caregivers in the Guest Wing or companions at home.

Training and support is an ongoing process with in-services offered on a monthly basis. These educational events are open to all volunteers to provide additional end-of-life education. Direct care volunteers are required to complete at least one annual in-service. Topics are wide-ranging from Music Therapy, Nutrition at the end-of-life, Funeral Planning, Advance Directives, Meditation, and Massage to refresher classes for Guest Wing caregivers.

Browse our Volunteer Job Descriptions, check our Calendar for upcoming training sessions or appreciation events, or contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 410-822-6681 for more information on what volunteer opportunities are currently available.

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Recognition
In the fall of 2006, 37 of the Talbot Hospice Foundation’s 288 volunteers received the prestigious U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which was created in 2003 by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, recognizes individuals, families, and groups who have achieved a certain standard—measured by the number of volunteer hours served over a 12-month period.  The Talbot Hospice award recipients represent 5,756 hours of service, 45% of the total hours Talbot Hospice volunteers contributed to the community in Fiscal Year 2006—or, 12,780 hours.

First row: Marilyn Barlow - Second row: Jocelyn Eysymontt, Carol Kilbourn, Susan Haddaway, Bev Serio, Nancy Schnaitman, Sally Bent, Ruth Fluharty - Third row: Valerie Sypula, Dee Cain, Mary Ann Ray, Ruth Sorge, Betty Todd, Michele Nagel, Danna Murden, Anne Brennan, Ann Tomlinson - Fourth row: Diane Kilduff, Gary Rinehart, Joan Bennett, Shirley Syner, Marion Miller, Bonnie Chambers, Charlotte Bradley, Bob Paulus, Bruce Richards, Marilyn Downing and Maryalice Halley - Not Pictured:  Anne Keiser, Cindy Reed, Jane Sullivan, John Morris, Peggy Frampton, Nancy Bivens, Robert Hall, Sheila Monahan, Susan Maxwell

Photo By: Roxanne Doster Watts, Star Democrat