Volunteer Opportunities

WRHA Community Health and Corporate volunteers support a wide range of health programs and services, which vary from direct client service to community and staff support.  Whether you want to work directly with people receiving health services or contribute your time and talents in other areas, we will effectively match your interests to your WRHA volunteer experience. Many factors are considered when matching volunteers to a placement, including your availability, your interests and skills and our current vacancies.

The list below indicates the various volunteer opportunities available with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Community and Corporate Programs. 

Community Health Advisory Councils

Community Development

• Volunteers may assist Community Facilitators in building capacity and connecting with community agencies

Population and Public Health

• Immunization Program: Volunteers provide assistance to clients attending the public or school based immunization clinics
• Healthy Parenting and Early Child Development Programs: Volunteers assist at Healthy Baby,  Breastfeeding Support Groups and Childbirth pre-natal programs
• Healthy Nutrition: Volunteers with a human nutritional sciences/foods and nutrition background assist Community Nutritionists with programming
• Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction: Volunteers assist with health promotion and prevention by ensuring safer sex materials are available within the community
• Physical Activity Promotion: Volunteers assist with Winnipeg in motion special events

Primary Care

• Volunteers assist as Sexual Reproductive Health Educators at our Teen Clinics.  Volunteers must be accepted and successfully complete a minimum of 45 hours of training before performing this role.
• Health Services for the Elderly: Volunteers assist with recreation programming and a congregate meal program at lunchtime

Services to Seniors

• Healthy Aging Resource Teams (HART): Volunteers assist an interdisciplinary team with providing services and programming to seniors in the community

Pan Am Clinic

• Volunteers are Ambassadors and assist with providing directions to clients within the clinic

Breast Health Centre

• Volunteers assist with welcoming clients to the clinic and assisting them throughout their appointment 

For more specific information on volunteer opportunities, please contact us

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