In-home support volunteer
Organisation
Home Start
Location
Community/home based
Qualifications, skills, knowledge or experience required
- Parent or carer of young people, or current / previous professional experience
- Passionate about supporting, enabling and empowering people who are vulnerable, isolated or in need of support
- All training is provided
- Enhanced DBS is required, can be applied for by HSCL
- Confidentiality is paramount
- A non-judgemental attitude to supporting families from all backgrounds.
Key duties and responsibilities
- to provide regular, friendly and person-centred support to families for a minimum of 2 to 3 hours per week
- to draw upon own experiences to support emotional wellbeing and encourage parent strengths
- to provide practical parenting support, support accessing the community, hands-on in-home support and other areas that arise for the family.
Time commitment
2 hours a week upwards