Published: 2020-01-16

Hospice Volunteers – Their Social and Emotional Competences

Anna Seredyńska
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Colloquia
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2019.2.40

Abstract

Social and emotional competences are fundamental for volunteers working in hospices. The author’s aim is to analyse these competences as a foundation for the development of a method which could be used for measuring the level of social and emotional competences of volunteer candidates at St. Lazarus Hospice in Cracow. This knowledge can be useful in the volunteer recruitment process in hospices, where the carers serve the sick and dying. The paper begins with the theoretical part which provides a definition of a hospice, a description of volunteers’ role in its organizational structure, and an list of competences they should possess. The empirical part is focused on the research problem expressed in the question: what social and emotional competences do volunteer candidates possess? The study, based among others on statistical analysis, has revealed that the most significant competences in the volunteer’s performance, motivation and persistence in voluntary service are emotional competences connected with personal maturity.

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Seredyńska, A. (2020). Hospice Volunteers – Their Social and Emotional Competences. Pedagogical Forum, 9(2/2), 219–230. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2019.2.40

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