Benton County Volunteer Public Guardian

Volunteer Public Guardians make a profound difference to benefit the life of highly vulnerable adults. When a person cannot legally make safe choices for themselves and have no others to help them in making decisions, a Volunteer Public Guardian steps in to help.

Volunteer Guardians receive education, training, and ongoing mentoring from the OPG program, learning to:

• Develop a rapport and a working relationship with the clients when visiting at least once per month.
• Learn and evaluate the person’s needs, issues, and desires.
• Participate in planning, giving consent for medical treatment and other services.
• Monitor and advocate for the rights and dignity of the client.
• Work with care staff, service providers and medical providers to ensure appropriate care and services.
• Monitor client’s care, staffing and home/facility conditions.
• Promote understanding and trust between client, staff and the Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator.
• Maintain confidentiality as required by law.
• Report cases of suspected abuse to Adult Protective Services as required by program policy.
• Submit required monthly reports as per OPG program policy.
• Attend required trainings and meetings.
• Sign a 2-year commitment to serve the OPG program.

Applications are online at: https://form.jotform.com/212134583502144 or you can go to our webpage at oltco.org and click on the OPG volunteer tab to learn more about our program.