Since 1996, Germans Trias has a volunteer programme in line with the idea of humanizing the patient's stay at the hospital and that of his or her family.

 

Adult volunteer programme

It provides room accompaniment to give the regular caretaker a rest. Also, it offers a mobile library service for patients to borrow books.

 

Child volunteer programme

It offers personalized care to the youngest patients and their families, and it aims to provide the necessary human support to be able to combine the period of hospital admission with taking care of other children or a job.

 

Collaborating organizations

All volunteering is carried out through collaboration agreements with nonprofit organizations.

 

More information

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at the hospital, please ask the People Service Unit for more details: uac.germanstrias@gencat.cat.

We suggest you also review the Healthcare volunteering letter (language: catalan) drafted by the Generalitat.

 

Rights and duties

In any case, you should take into account the rights and duties of hospital volunteers:

 

Volunteer rights

1. To obtain information about the institution where he or she volunteers, its operation, purposes and activities, its support to volunteering activities and the means to be able to perform them properly.

2. To receive the training required to perform the activity.

3. To be treated without any type of discrimination and with all due respect for his or her condition and beliefs.

4. To be sufficiently accredited as a volunteer before third parties and to obtain certification for his or her participation in the programmes.

5.To actively participate in developing, planning, executing and evaluating the programmes and activities with which he or she collaborates and receive social recognition for it.

6. To be covered against risks derived from the activities performed as a volunteer and any involuntary damages that may be caused to third parties as a consequence of his or her activity.

7. To be compensated, if he or she wishes, for the expenses that may be caused by the volunteer activities.

8. To freely agree to the conditions of his or her volunteer activities and to the commitment to the jointly defined tasks, the schedule and the time to be invested and the responsibilities accepted by each party.

 

Volunteer duties

1. To cooperate to achieve the objectives of the programme where he or she participates in order to fulfill the commitments undertaken within the organization.

2. To perform the activity to which he or she has committed with responsibility, in good faith and free of charge, actively supporting the organization and respecting its internal policies.

3. To comply with health and safety regulations and any measures the organization may implement.

4. To reject any financial or material payment that may be offered by the beneficiary or by third parties for his or her actions.

5. To maintain confidentiality, without prejudice to the rights of the person, information received and learned while performing his or her volunteer activity, both regarding the beneficiary and the institution.

6. In case of resignation, to notify it in advance or to continue performing the activity until the necessary measures to prevent serious damage to the service can be implemented.