Home Visiting Volunteer - Ealing

Home-Start Ealing is a local charity which has provided invaluable support and friendship to families in the Ealing area since 1996 and has achieved positive outcomes for hundreds of families living in the community.

We provide a vital lifeline for local families with children under five. At the heart of our local charity are the parent volunteers who give their time to help other parents who are struggling to cope. They support them to manage their own issues as well as helping their pre-school children to be ready for nursery and school.

Home-Start Ealing recruits and trains volunteers from around the borough of Ealing. We then carefully match the volunteer with a family in need of support. Volunteers are from all walks of life, each and every one a parent or even grandparent, all with a little free time available each week to help provide emotional and practical help to local families. Support is confidential, flexible and totally responsive to the family’s needs.

We work with families in a range of ways and use the approach they think will give them the best support. This includes:

• Home-visiting support
• Family groups
• Running trips and outings.

What skills do I need?

Our home-visiting volunteers are required to have:

• Parenting or caring experience
• Commit to our training programme
• Undergo referencing and enhanced criminal record checks
• Understand that support provided to families is completely confidential
• Have a non-judgmental attitude and understand the pressures of bringing up a family

When do I need to be available?