Get Involved @ WCHS
WCHS welcomes membership of clients and anyone in the community who is interested in becoming involved in the way health services at WCHS are planned and delivered. You can become involved in a number of ways:
- You can become a volunteer
- You can become a member
- You can register your name for community participation and become involved in a focus group, committee or survey
Volunteering
WCHS employs a volunteer coordinator to support our volunteer program. Volunteering is an activity which takes place in not for profit organisations and is undertaken to benefit the community and the volunteer. It is freely chosen unpaid work that does not replace positions of paid work. Volunteering offers opportunities for people to become involved in their community, meet other people, make a positive contribution and enhance their skills and self esteem.
Membership
Being a member keeps you up to date, via a quarterly newsletter, with general news about WCHS and the programs being run each term.
WCHS is governed by a Board of Management. Being a member entitles you to elect board members, to vote on decisions affecting the service and to vote at the Annual General Meeting.
Community Participation
In order to improve services and programs, WCHS needs feedback from consumers and/or views from the community about a range of issues. Registering your name means allowing us to contact and invite you to be part of a focus group, join a committee or provide feedback via surveys.
Focus Groups – When we want to gather information from the community about specific issues we run one-off focus groups where views and opinions are sought.
Committees – At times we invite consumers and/or members of the community to join internal committees and be part of our decision making processes. Surveys – To review services we seek feedback from consumers via mail or phone surveys.
Application forms for membership and community participation are available at reception or from a service provider.