VOLUNTEERING Definition (Dictionary.com) 1. a person who voluntarily offers him/herself for a service or undertaking. 2. a person who performs a service willingly and without pay. Credit: FFDC Credit: FFDC Credit: FFDC
WHY VOLUNTEER? Its all about me… Summit of Mt Kosciuszko to Sydney – 650 km in 10 days. 6 students, 4+ hours of clinic each day - about 400 treatments, emptied 1 x 40 foot container of bags and partook in 1 or 2 beers… Volunteering – nothing like it! Credit: macfarlane
Helps you! • Cos I love my job! • Job variation • Keeping the current one • Change support • I achieve my altruistic goals • I develop my skillset • Osteo • Business • Leadership • Training for volunteers – local council, volunteer organisation • It gives me job variation with little risk • I have stories to tell my students! • The evidence supports volunteering being good for my heath • The OBA require you to reflect on your career to support your CPD. Volunteering supports testing the water and career change … Credit: macfarlane
It is not all one-way! Recipients do get something! • Get yourself started with volunteering • ‘Marketing’ • Get known • Engage the local community • Show off your skills • Help your treatment outcomes: • Support your patients who are lonely, need support or add a skill • ‘Loneliness is a common experience; as many as 80% of those under 18 years of age and 40% of adults over 65 years of age report being lonely at least sometimes’ and ‘Loneliness Matters for Physical Health and Mortality’ » Hawkley & Cacioppo (2010) Helps your business
Why volunteer? Its not all one-way You can help others too! The ‘others’ get A happier healthier practitioner A skilled practitioner Improved treatment outcomes An all round better job! Credit: macfarlane Tassie in 1993 – across on the Sea Cat, cycle 500 Km, serve a few coffees, treat a few people. Volunteering – just like a holiday!
There is no limit! Ask an osteopath… • Osteopathy Australia • Avalon airshow • Refugee organisations • Uni external field clinics • Community talks and workshops • SCTF ANZ • Disadvantaged children • Paralympics • Developing nations Nepal / Thailand / South Africa / Laos • RMIT & VU Check the resources page next Check your local library & local council Ask around your local community
References • http://www.helpguide.org/ - Volunteering and its Surprising Benefits • http://www.helpguide.org/articles/work-career/volunteering-and-its-surprising-benefits.htm • Borgonovi F, Doing well by doing good. The relationship between formal volunteering and self-reported health and happiness. Social Science & Medicine 2008, 66: 2321-2334 • Piliavin J A, Siegl E, Health Benefits of Volunteering in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Journal of Health and Social Behavior December 2007 48: 450-464 • Hawkley LC, Cacioppo JT. Loneliness matters: a theoretical and empirical review of consequences and mechanisms. Ann Behav Med. 2010;40(2):218-227. Resources • Volunteering Australia • http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/ • http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/policy-and-best-practise/definition-of-volunteering/ (Has in-depth definition and principles) • Pro Bono Australia http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/ • Aussie Action Abroad – Nicola Perry (nee Blay) http://www.aussieactionabroad.com/
Current volunteer roles: President: Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation (SCTF ANZ) & First Friends of Dandenong Creek BBQ guy Thanks… Credit: V Pearse / FFDC Credit: V Pearse / FFDC
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