The Prairie North Health Region recognizes volunteers as an integral part of the Health Care Team, and encourages the teamwork of salaried staff and volunteers.
Volunteers enhance service delivery and provide an important link between clients and their community. Volunteers contribute their unique talents, skills and knowledge of our community to provide personalized attention to clients, which contributes to quality of life issues.
Volunteers provide encouragement, support and assistance to those people dealing with illness, change and aging as well as an important link between clients and their community.
Our Volunteer and Spiritual Services Program provide support through;
� Orientation & Training
� Registration of Contributions
� In-services
� Newsletters
� Appreciation Events
� Letters of Reference & Support
Collectively, the PNHR has approximately 3,900 volunteers who participate in 30 facilities/programs and 15 auxiliaries. We have many volunteers, both in rural and urban centers who are involved in more than one program, serving facility-based and community based programs. Each facility is unique and attracts volunteers interested in that sites particular range of programming.
The program is comprised of the Manager, located in the Battlefords, with coordinators in both Lloydminster and Meadow Lake. Volunteer management consists of program planning, recruitment, orientation, on-going training, evaluation and appreciation. The program promotes staff/volunteer relationships, awareness of volunteerism and the scope of volunteer opportunities.
Volunteers are classified into four categories;
1. Individual; visitation, Meals On Wheels drivers, palliative care and greeter/clinic volunteers.
2. Group; entertainment, service organizations & corporate/business, schools.
3. Auxiliary
4. Ministerial and Spiritual Service Laity
The Volunteer experience!
Acute Care, Long-Term Care, Supportive Care, and community-Based Programs:
- Student and Adult Unit Assistant Volunteers.
- Clinic and Greeting Volunteers
- Pallitative Care Volunteers
- Mentoring and Visitation Programs
- Meals-On-Wheels
- Special Interest Groups (art, crafts, music)
- Working one-on-one with clients in our Education Centres, Vocational programs, industrial Therapy and Group Homes.
- Spiritual Service Laity Volunteer Program
- Public Awareness and Health Promotion Programs
- Fundraising: selling tickets, working Auxiliary bingos, Foundation events, donation of crafts and baking
- Entertaining/sharing special interests
- Supporting family functions and special events
- Educational tours of designated facilities (as a group or individual)
- Committee, Auxiliary or Board work Volunteer Organizations of the Battlefords
- Battlefords Union Hospital, (306) 446-6892
- Battlefords Home Care (Meals On Wheel)
(306) 446-7388
- Battlefords District Care Centre (306) 446-6920
- Canadian Mental Health Association (306) 446-7177
- Parent Mentoring Program (306) 446-6443
- River Heights Lodge (306) 446-6076
- Saskatchewan Hospital (306) 446-6847
- Villa Pascal (306) 446-7177
