Provide support to families usually in small group settings.
This role suit people who are good listeners and can empathise – it’s not always about solving the problem, sometimes it’s just about being there and enabling families to overcome barriers. Family volunteers focus on a specific family or handful of families. Some of the support is provided 1:1 and some in small group settings. This role will suit people who are good listeners and can empathise – it’s not always about solving the problem, sometimes it’s just about being there. Family volunteers offer a kind of ‘hand-holding’ support, enabling families to overcome barriers.
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