- Provides you with a sense of purpose, personal and professional growth
- Make a positive contribution to the Cerebral Palsy community
- Support you to make a career change, explore new experiences and make new social connections
- Develop confidence and build new skills
- Gain hands on experience working with children and adults with cerebral palsy and similar conditions
- Encouraging our clientsto participate at different levels (walking and/or running) based on their goals
- Encourage social and community participation.
- Help to set activities under the supervision of our therapy team
- Volunteers will be involved in setting up and packing down equipment.
- 16 years and above
- NDIS Worker Screening
- Working with Children Check (NSW)
Volunteer - Frame Running - Kingswood, Australia - Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Description
Location
Kingswood, NSW, AustraliaCerebral Palsy Alliance is a global centre of expertise for cerebral palsy and similar conditions. Join our community of volunteers to make a difference to the lives of people with cerebral palsy and similar conditions and grow your skills and experience as part of our alliance of great minds. Our shared values are Passionate, Respectful, Ethical, Curious and Courageous.
At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We welcome interest from volunteers with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Volunteer opportunities include supporting our allied health therapy teams working with children and adults, supporting our Lifestyles, sports and accommodation clients, or gaining experience in our corporate services.
Details of the role:
Frame Running (Race Running) is an innovative sport for people of all ages with a disability who have impaired balance and are unable to functionally run.
Participants have an opportunity to try Frame Running and improve their individual frame running skills. Frame Running provideseach individual the freedom to move and run in a supported and balanced way without a walker, wheelchair or similar device.
This role will be located at Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre (30 Herbert St, Cambridge Park).
This volunteering opportunity would best suit someone studying Physiotherapy or Exercise Physiology, but we welcome applications from other area's of the allied health space.
Benefits for Volunteers
Dates & Times:
Dates: Monday's, 29th April 2024 to 1st July 2024 (excluding 10th June)
Times: 3:45pm - 5:15pm
Tasks & Responsibilities:
Role requirements:
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How to Apply
Application Close Date: 28/04/2024 11:59 PM