Role of a Care Facilitator:

• Engage seniors, including visitors with dementia and accompanying caregivers in our museum’s galleries and Reunion social space – the first dedicated social space for seniors in a local museum
• Facilitate conversations with seniors using the museum’s artefacts through conversational guided tours
• Support the running of signature programmes for seniors and visitors with additional needs

Requirements:

• Caring personality and keen to spend time with seniors and persons with additional needs
• At least 18 years old in the year of the application
• Effectively bilingual in English AND either Mandarin, Malay, Tamil and/ or dialects
• Able to volunteer on weekdays, particularly on every first and third Thursdays of the month, and other weekdays / Saturdays / public holidays on an ad-hoc basis
• Able to commit to a minimum of two years of service and volunteer about 2-4 times a month
• Able to attend six (6) 3-hour training sessions, which will include
  • Dementia-awareness and hands-on training sessions
  • Gallery walkthroughs

   

Individuals who would like to find out more about the role of a Care Facilitator (including the list of privileges) before applying can attend our Information Session at the National Museum of Singapore on the following dates:
- 7 October (Saturday) 2pm – 3:30pm
- 11 October (Wednesday) 10:30am – 12pm

*Pre-registration for either of these Information Sessions is required. Please email
nhb_nm_programmes@nhb.gov.sg to register your interest by 2 October (Monday).