Role: Family Hub Volunteer - Group Assistant
Partnership & Participation Team KCC
Group Assistants use their shared experiences to offer guidance and reduce the isolation.
· Creating and supporting a friendly atmosphere at the Family Hub for children, young people and families. · Facilitating group activities, ensuring active participation and engagement. · Support the planning, facilitating and evaluation of group activities. · Setting up and clearing away of the group activities. · Offering support and signposting for parents/expectant parents to access other services to meet their needs, and raising awareness of locality-based Family Hub services. · Providing assistance to parents and carers of children aged 0-19 drawing from your own lived experience
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Leadership, Managing People, Evaluating & Reviewing, Language Skills
· Able to share personal experience to support families with variety of needs. · Able to offer empathetic and non-judgemental support to families. · Excellent at listening. · Good communication skills. · An understanding of the needs of families with young children. · Understanding the need for professional confidentiality. · The ability to establish and maintain effective relationship with a wide variety of people · Willing to undertake relevant training and follow KCC safeguarding procedures. · Flexible to the varying needs of families and services provided by the Family Hub.
· Opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of families contributing to their well- being and resilience. · Training in key areas such as safeguarding, effective communication with children and families, and trauma-informed practice. · Opportunity to develop new skills or build on existing ones, particularly in areas such as mentorship, support, and community service. · Build strong relationships with families and other volunteers, fostering a sense of community and shared purpose. · Gain valuable experience working with children and young people. · Be part of a team of like-minded individuals. · Play a role in improving the social well-being of families, helping them to build strong, supportive networks.
Time commitment: We welcome discussion around your availability and the time you are able to commit. Days of the week and hours: this role accommodates the needs of the families and the Family Hub’s operational activities so hours are variable, and we welcome discussion about this.
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Location: Opportunities are available at Family Hub locations across all 12 districts of Kent
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