Home-Visiting Volunteer
Posted for Home-Start Kettering
Home-Start helps families with young children deal with whatever life throws at them. We support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence, and build better lives for their children. The benefits of our support include improved health and well-being and better family relationships.
Our volunteers visit the family’s home for a couple of hours every week, tailoring their support to the needs of the parents and children. Volunteers are very committed and will keep visiting until the parents feel they can stand on their own two feet. Parents and volunteers often develop a deeply trusting relationship which can lead to powerful change within the family.
Volunteers Help By:
* Visiting families at home once a week for 2-3 hours for as long as the family needs them.
* Offering emotional support to help parents find ways of coping.
* Playing with children, listening, reading, and having fun together.
* Providing practical help – with budgeting, shopping, cooking, and getting to appointments.
* Encouraging parents to get out and about – to family groups and other social activities.
* Helping parents access parenting advice and parenting skills training such as Health Visitors or Children’s Centres.
A Home-Start Volunteer supports families until they have the confidence to stand on their own two feet again and pass on that confidence to their children.
Skills
Listening, Caring, Non-Judgemental. Will need to attend a preparation course for 5/6 weeks, 10am - 2.30pm, lunch included. Courses run twice a year.
Details
* Accessibility
* Age restrictions
* DBS check required
* Equal Opportunities Policy
* Expenses reimbursed
* Health and Safety Policy
* Ongoing support
* Training provided
* Volunteer induction
* Volunteer Policy
* Volunteers covered by insurance
* Written role description
When do I need to be available?
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Afternoon Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Evening No No No No No No No
Availability Details
Ongoing
Location
William Knibb Centre
Montagu Street
Kettering
NN16 8AE
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