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Safe Families
Activity type: Caring, Children, Community Work, Counselling and Listening, Mentoring, Befriending and Buddying, Youth Work and Young People
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: No one should feel alone. We exist to create relationship and connection because everyone deserves to belong. We get referrals from the Local Authority and seek to link these referrals up with volunteers who will provide the family with a sense of belonging.
Description of role: Safe Families receive referrals from the Local Authority of families and children who are in need of Early Help provision. We seek to match vulnerable families up with volunteers who will support them. This support will look different for each family but they support will seek to achieve goals that are set out before the official support begins.
An example of these goals will be: the mum is struggling to access local mother and tots groups due to lack of self confidence. The volunteer is required to link the mum up with a local mother and tots group. These goals are set out to ensure the family and volunteer are clear on what needs to be achieved by the end of the support.
The volunteer needs to be flexible and adaptable as every support looks different as it is tailor made for the family. They need to be good at listening and able to communicate effectively with Safe Families to ensure a good standard of Safeguarding is upheld.
The volunteer will gain knowledge in safeguarding through our training. They will have access to more training including additional needs training and working with young people. They will gain confidence in support families and taking the initiative to plan meetings and activities. They will gain skills in listening and communicating.
There are opportunities to volunteer all across Manchester.
An example of these goals will be: the mum is struggling to access local mother and tots groups due to lack of self confidence. The volunteer is required to link the mum up with a local mother and tots group. These goals are set out to ensure the family and volunteer are clear on what needs to be achieved by the end of the support.
The volunteer needs to be flexible and adaptable as every support looks different as it is tailor made for the family. They need to be good at listening and able to communicate effectively with Safe Families to ensure a good standard of Safeguarding is upheld.
The volunteer will gain knowledge in safeguarding through our training. They will have access to more training including additional needs training and working with young people. They will gain confidence in support families and taking the initiative to plan meetings and activities. They will gain skills in listening and communicating.
There are opportunities to volunteer all across Manchester.
Skills / qualities associated with the role: Oral Communication Skills
Are volunteer expenses available?: No
Duration of role: Ongoing / Long term
Opportunity times: Monday AM, Monday PM, Monday Evening, Tuesday AM, Tuesday PM, Tuesday Evening, Wednesday AM, Wednesday PM, Wednesday Evening, Thursday AM, Thursday PM, Thursday Evening, Friday AM, Friday PM, Friday Evening, Saturday AM, Saturday PM, Saturday Evening, Sunday AM, Sunday PM, Sunday Evening
DBS required: On
Can reasonable adjustments be made regarding additional needs?: Yes
Is this organisation part of the Sports Volunteering Scheme (SVS)?: No
Minimum hours commitment: 1 hour per week
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