Inviting People to be on a Support Team
Channel: UABPastoralCare
Date: 30/05/2012

Inviting People Who Want to Care.  

This video discusses the common barriers that keep people from wanting to volunteer:
 
1. Being asked to do things that one does not want to do.
2. Being solely responsible, and getting overwhelmed with all the needs.
3. Having to commit to the same time for the same number of hours on the same day every week.
4. What do I do when I don't want to do it anymore?

Support Team guidelines address all of these concerns:
1.  Only do the things you want to do, in fact, the things you love to do.
2.  Remember that you have teammates and they are there when you cannot be.
3.  Time commitment is totally flexible from week to week, month to month.
4.  When you want to stop, just let your team leader and the person who you are helping know you need to drop off.  The Team Leader will say, Thanks for all you have done, if you ever want to come back, just let us know.  Guilt free!

A Support Team is a group of volunteers who offer practical, emotional, and spiritual support for persons with any healthcare challenge.  

Support Teams are a part of UAB Medicine, Birmingham, AL, and are an outreach of UAB Pastoral Care department.  For more information, contact Malcolm Marler, Director of Pastoral Care at UAB Hospital, Birmingham, AL at mmarler@uab.edu or 205.934.3936.