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Volunteer Opportunities

We are Volunteer Opportunities to learn how you can help abused or neglected children in our community. Over the past nine decades, volunteers have guided our development, raised funds to keep the hospital's doors open, sewn clothing for the patients to wear, rocked babies, played therapeutic games with the children, and advocated on behalf of the hospital and the healthcare needs of children and their families in the Northwest.In 2005, more than 1,300 individuals continued this legacy of service in more than 90 departments, contributing over 127,000 hours of service.Once your completed paperwork is received in our office, we will schedule an interview with you and one of our volunteer coordinators to discuss your interests and availability and to determine the appropriate volunteer assignment for you. All volunteers must adhere to Children's standard policies and procedures. Everyday 3 children dies as a result of abuse and neglect.

1. ECCASA Volunteer Advocate 2. ECCASA Board of Directors 3. ECCASA Board Committees

What do Volunteers Do?

We have a variety of opportunities for volunteers at our Jennifer Christensen, Julie Wermers, Woodbury, and Roseville facilities.
Volunteers at Children’s assist in more than 30 departments helping in both support and patient care areas.In support positions our volunteers answer phones, provide clerical and administrative assistance, run errands, and assist with data entry and filing.

In patient care positions volunteers work directly with children, providing companionship to hospitalized children and their siblings. In these positions our volunteers help ease the fear and anxiety patients, siblings, and families feel as the result of being hospitalized, having a sibling who is hospitalized, or having a child who is hospitalized. These activities include rocking and holding infants, playing games, arts and crafts projects, watching movies, playing video games, reading stories, pushing children in strollers, and pulling children in wagons. Contact us if you have questions.

Attend a General Orientation

Please let us know whether you prefer to volunteer weekday hours (before 3 p.m.), evening hours (after 3 p.m.), or weekend hours.There are separate orientations for those who want to volunteer at different times. Please schedule the appropriate orientation for your time availability.

When planning to attend an orientation, please bring:

Two letters of recommendation - one personal recommendation from someone not related to you, and one professional reference.
Your Washington State driver's license number

The general orientation includes:

Children's history
Our mission and vision
Children's future
Our Volunteer Program requirements
The application process
Volunteer Opportunities - Where would you like to help?
Health and safety precautions
Children's service standards
Hospital policies
Volunteer policies and procedures
Getting around Children's

Complete the Volunteer Application Packet

Your Volunteer Application Packet will include the follow pages:

Volunteer Application
Volunteer Disclosure Statement / Criminal Background Check
Confidentiality Agreement / Patient Privacy
Age Specific Competency Questionnaire
Code of Conduct / Compliance Guidelines

Application packets are only available at the orientation. Sufficient time is allotted during the orientation to complete the packet.

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