Home-visiting Volunteer

7 days ago


Warrington, United Kingdom Home-Start Warrington and Cheshire Full time

Home-Visiting Volunteer

Home-Start is one of the leading family support charities in the UK. Home-Start volunteers support families by providing a weekly, one-to-one home-visiting service and a wide range of targeted support for parents and their children. We help families from all backgrounds, with at least one child in the household under the age of 5 years, through their most challenging times.

We support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children. With your knowledge and experience you could be the vital support a family in Warrington needs and make a big difference in their lives.

Your role will be to offer support to a Warrington family you are matched with and support them in the way that they would like: this may include help with practical tasks such as getting out of the house, attending appointments, an extra pair of hands on a trip to the park or a playgroup, role-modelling how to play with children or helping to get organised. It could also involve empathising and supporting through emotional issues in a compassionate and non-judgmental way. All visits are a maximum of three hours, once per week and all take place Monday to Thursday, between 9am and 4pm (and only when our office is open).

Free, full training for all volunteers is provided by online modules and four, weekly, face to face sessions with one of our Family Support Coordinators to include;
The role of a Home-Start volunteer

Values, attitudes and inclusivity

Confidentiality

Listening and communication

Meeting the needs of families and children

Safeguarding

Volunteers will receive ongoing support and supervision from our Family Support Coordinators and there are opportunities for further training.

**A Home-Start volunteer should**:

- Have experience working with children, including being a parent/step parent
- Be prepared to undertake the Home-Start preparation training course
- Have a positive, non-judgemental attitude to working with people of any gender, family status or sexual identity, or who are from any ethnic origin, culture or religion, or who may have a disability
- Demonstrate a sensitive and caring attitude towards others
- Have a clear understanding of the confidential nature of the Home-Start service, and not to break confidences shared by the family, other than when disclosure is essential in order to protect the wellbeing or safety of a child
- Have time and enthusiasm for Home-Start, be reliable and understand the importance of reliability to the family
- Have good communication skills including an ability to listen
- Have a warm and open personality and a sense of humour
- Be able to work as a member of a team
- Be prepared to keep records as required by the scheme
- Be prepared to attend group support meetings and ongoing or refresher training required by the scheme
- Be prepared to attend supervision with the Organiser every six weeks

**Job Type**: Volunteer

**Location**:

- Warrington, Cheshire (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Home Visiting Volunteer - Warrington



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