Catholic Health Services Spiritual Care Companion Training
(Rockville Centre, NY) Catholic Health Services (CHS) of Long Island, one of the region’s largest integrated health care systems, is offering a training program for volunteers interested in becoming a CHS Spiritual Care Companion.
This free training program provides the necessary skills for spending time with and listening to people who are sick or elderly. The classes will include topics such as the goals of ministering to the sick, how to be a good listener and how to respond to crisis and grief.
Learn more about sharing your gift of time and presence as a CHS Spiritual Care Companion to help those who are hospitalized, living in a nursing home or homebound. Spanish-speaking volunteers are needed, as well.
Those interested may attend an informational session on Monday, February 24, 4:00 to 6:00 pm in Melville. Training will be held Mondays, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, beginning on March 10 through April 14.
For further information, please call 631-465-6307, 631-465-6306 or at 631-465-6308.
Catholic Health Services (CHS) is an integrated system encompassing some of the region’s finest health and human services agencies. With six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home health agency, hospice, a community-based agency for persons with special needs and a regional lab, CHS’s high standards have resulted in a nearly 24% market share.
