Healthcare professional volunteer eligibility.
The Water Well Project welcomes volunteer healthcare professionals and eligible students to help deliver free, interactive health education sessions for communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.
Where we currently welcome volunteers
The Water Well Project facilitates face-to-face and online health education sessions in partnership with community organisations.
We currently welcome healthcare professional volunteers in:
- Victoria: Melbourne
- New South Wales: Sydney
- Tasmania: Hobart and Launceston
Professional credentials
We welcome AHPRA-registered healthcare professionals from the following disciplines:
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Paramedicine
- Pharmacy
- Dentistry
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Osteopathy
We also welcome practising dietitians registered with Dietitians Australia.
We welcome penultimate and final-year medical students, as well as final-year students from AHPRA-registered disciplines.
Other health disciplines
Please contact us to discuss volunteering if you are a healthcare professional practising a discipline not listed above. We may be able to engage you in sessions about specific health topics or find other ways for you to volunteer, including in committee roles.
If you have questions about our eligibility criteria, please email our Health Education team at educator@thewaterwellproject.org.
Checks required
All volunteers, including final-year students, require a valid Working with Children Check, or their state equivalent.
Victoria
In Victoria, volunteers need a volunteer Working with Children Check.
Apply for a Victorian WWCCTasmania
In Tasmania, volunteers need a current Registration to Work with Vulnerable People.
Apply through CBOS TasmaniaNot eligible to facilitate sessions?
If you are not eligible to facilitate our health education sessions but are interested in being considered for other volunteering opportunities, please complete our expression of interest form.