Family Wellbeing Volunteer - East Renfrewshire

• Children 1st

• VO99739

Do you think you have the personal qualities and time to help us make a real and lasting difference to the lives of children and families in East Renfrewshire?

Our team aims to strengthen relationships within families and reduce emotional distress. Placing the voice of children, young people and their families at the centre of the support, we provide whole family support; focusing on highlighting the resilience of families and responding to their individual needs. We support family members of all ages across our service; however, there is a particular focus on supporting young people between 8-18yrs. Our office base is in Giffnock.

What will I be doing?
Volunteers build relationships with families in different ways including;
Family Wellbeing – How you spend your time will be different for each family but will probably include spending time both with a family in their own home as well as out and about in the local community accessing activities or supporting a routine.. You’ll be helping to establish and support family activities or offering support and encouragement to help increase a parent or carer’s confidence and self-esteem by building on identified strengths and abilities through forming a trusting relationship.

Befriending – developing a 1 to 1 supportive, reliable, social relationship with a child, young person or adult by arranging weekly opportunities to experience new activities and develop interests. Befriending relationships can help build self-esteem and confidence and supports personal and social development.

What do I need to know?
We offer volunteers excellent support and a challenging and fulfilling volunteering opportunity.
Potential volunteers complete a 21 hour training course.
Volunteers are asked to commit a few hours a week for at least a year
No formal qualifications are necessary and we are happy to reimburse out of pocket expenses.

For further infornation and to apply go to https://www.children1st.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/family-wellbeing-befriending-volunteer/

Experience required

No formal qualifications are necessary, training will be provided

Travel expenses

We are happy to reimburse out of pocket expenses

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