Hull Befriending Volunteer

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  • East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 1 month ago
Employer – KidsContract – Volunteer WorkLocation – Hull Befriending Service, flexible:
  • Office (182 Chanterlands Avenue, Hull, HU5 4DJ)
  • Meetings – as required, online or in person; locations vary, across the city
  • Working from home
About KidsWe’re here for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities, young carers and families. We’re on a mission to create a world where all kinds of children and young people have all kinds of opportunities. We create life-changing opportunities by providing a wide range of support. Together, we’ll empower disabled children and families to stand up for their rights.Can you spare a few hours as a Befriending Volunteer?You will be helping to support disabled children, young people and their families. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a rewarding role, and gain a strong sense of achievement.Hull Befriending service offers support and guidance to parent carers within the Hull boundary offering emotional and practical advice to parent carers in needOur befrienders offer a compassionate hand during the SEND parent’s journey. They know that discovering your own child’s disability or facing tough times can be hard because they have been there themselves.The Role:Duties may include all or some of the following, depending on your interests and skillset:1. General administrative support
  • Updating our database using our internal systems
  • Sending out support emails to support the service delivery
  • Maintaining the safe and secure filing of personal data at all times
  • Monitoring and recording contacts with the service (phone calls, voicemails, emails)
2. Focused support
  • Supporting parents with attending groups, signposting to useful services and offering emotional support when required, by face to face events, phone/video calls or email
  • You will be a parent carer yourself and bring lived experience to the role
3. Training and publicity
  • Supporting at our training sessions and support events (coffee mornings etc.) for parents.
  • Attending events such as school SEND coffee mornings to publicise the service and offer information, advice and support to attendees
Personal Qualities:Essential
  • Lived experience as a parent carer of a chIld with SEND
Please note these are desirable but not essential
  • Experience of working with/supporting families of disabled children and young people
  • Being a confident communicator
  • Being a confident IT user, with the ability to navigate bespoke database systems; MS Outlook; MS Excel and MS Word
  • Having great interpersonal skills
  • Having confidence and enthusiasm to offer help and information to service users
  • Having the ability to travel independently to and from events

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