Job Description

This is a volunteer role - unpaid

Do you have 2 hours a week to spare to help local families with young children? Our volunteers help families by providing support either in the home or emotionally. We offer full training and each volunteer has a coordinator who is there to help and support them all the way. We pay travel expenses and offer many training opportunities to add to your skills and experience. We encourage people from all walks of life, age, ethnicity and gender to apply as the families needing support are very diverse.

Our next training course starts in early 2026, there will be some online learning and a face to face training course which candidates must attend.

A Home-Start volunteer should:

Be a parent or have parenting experience.

Be prepared to undertake the Home-Start preparation training course.

Understand why families may need support from Home-Start.

Have a knowledge of child development or willingness to undertake training.

Have a positive, non-judgmental 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.

Be clear about confidentiality and when a confidence remains so but be able to decide when disclosure of a confidence is essential to protect the well-being 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 Co-ordinator every eight weeks.

Job Types: Part-time, Volunteer

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Vol DEC 25