Swaffham & Litcham Home Hospice Support Limited, a registered charity, was set up in 1988 because there was little or no palliative care in the immediate local area. From very small beginnings it has developed into an organisation offering free practical and emotional support to patients with a life-threatening or terminal illness allowing them to remain at home in their preferred place of care.

We have a co-ordinator, three staff and about 30 volunteer carers manage the day-to-day care and support to patients, and a volunteer Management Committee which includes local GPs provides a strategic overview and governance.

All of our services provided are free. We are part-funded by NHS Norfolk Primary Care Trust, but more than half of the funds we need in order to provide the services we offer has to be generated by fund-raising and donations.

Referrals to us come from GPs, District Nurses, Macmillan Nurses, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Addenbrookes Hospital, and patients may also self-refer themselves. We usually are able to make an assessment visit within 48 hours and quickly provide any support required.

Our Aims:

• The primary aim of the hospice volunteer is to support emotionally and practically those who are severely ill/dying and those who care for them.
• Recognise and understand each person's right and need to be treated as an individual.
• Accept individuals as they are rather than as a volunteer would wish them to be.
• Give consideration to the patient's innate dignity to promote personal worth.
• Recognise and acknowledge patients' rights and needs to make their own decisions.
• Maintain good communication between team members.
• Recognise each person's role, worth, and difference in outlook.
• Maintain confidentiality.

Thank you for looking at this website, and if you have any comments or queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

Job Vacancy

Part-Time Secretary required.
A varied role providing administrative support to the Home Hospice.
Must be capable of working on own initiative as well as in a team.
We are looking for a warm and welcoming personality and someone who is fully computer literate.
20 hours a week - 5 mornings.

for details please ring Debbie on 01760 722937