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.
Similar Opportunities
As a Community Engagement and Outreach volunteer, you will play an important role in speaking to people in the community about their views on local health and care services.
As a Digital communications volunteer/social media volunteer you will be supporting Healthwatch Darlington to manage our social media and website by creating and/ or reviewing content and responding to people’s comments or queries.
An Information and Signposting volunteer helps people get the information they need about health and care services and how to access community support. you will be supporting people to get the information they need.
