Independent Visitor (Coventry & Warwickshire Children’s Rights Service, Coventry)

☞ Barnardo’s

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Coventry West Midlands

Category: Social Work / Community Services

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Barnardo’s is committed to providing ‘Better Outcomes for More Children’. Our children’s services volunteers help the charity to deliver essential services in local communities, providing support to over 300,000 children, young people and their families. This role provides a great opportunity to join our fantastic children’s services and help make a real difference. An **Independent Visitor (IV)** is a volunteer befriender to a looked-after child or young person, who builds an enduring and trusting relationship over time, through regular monthly visits and having fun with the young person. As you will appreciate, befriending a child or young person is a very responsible role, requiring volunteers to be a reliable and trustworthy adult role model. The commitment we seek from you is a once a month visit, for 2 to 4 hours. We ask you to consider the IV role as being at least a 2 year commitment to the service, although the match could last much longer. We are looking for enthusiastic, fun-loving people, who have a passion for supporting children and young people. If that sounds like you, we would love to receive your application to our team! You will need to be a car driver and we would particularly welcome applicants who match the circumstances of many of our young people and will improve the diversity of our volunteers: male, available at weekends, living in Coventry, Warwickshire or the wider West Midlands, and/or with an understanding of how young peoples’ individual needs will vary. It is a very rewarding and enjoyable role and we look forward to hearing from you.
Barnardo’s protects, supports and nurtures the UK’s most vulnerable children. Barnardo’s helps bring out the best in children – no matter who they are or what they have been through. Our volunteers help make this happen.
  • Tasks: Enabling a child or young person who is ‘looked after’ by the local authority, to have contact with someone independent of Social Services.

    Visiting, advising and befriending a ‘looked after’ child or young person placed in residential care or a foster home on a monthly basis.

    Building an enduring trusting relationship over time by being a positive role model and participating in a range of activities with the child or young person to develop their emotional wellbeing, skills and interests.

    Supporting young people preparing to leave care to build the skills and confidence to live independently.

    Supporting health activities to foster better emotional health and wellbeing.

    Adhering to Barnardo’s policies and procedures at all times, including Barnardo’s: Safeguarding; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Health & Safety; Data Protection; Confidentiality; Recording policies and procedures.

    Participating fully in training and supervision.

    Volunteering within Barnardo’s Basis and Values.

  • Skills: Reliable, punctual and trustworthy.

    Approachable and welcoming.

    Friendly and enthusiastic with a sense of fun.

    The ability to act as a positive role model.

    Passion, enthusiasm, compassion, understanding and having an open minded approach.

    Preferably being a full driving licence holder with access to a car.

  • Benefits: Full induction and training.

    Other training opportunities relevant to the volunteer role.

    Regular supervision and support.

    Out of pocket expenses agreed in advance.

    Access to the Barnardo’s internal vacancy listing.

    Our volunteers tell us about lots of other benefits of volunteering including; experience of working with children, young people and families; experience for your CV; supporting your local community; meeting new people; increasing self-confidence; feeling like you are making a difference; improving your health and wellbeing; and a chance to contribute to a worthwhile children’s charity.

Disclaimer: We look to recruit a diverse range of volunteers. If your skills don’t fit the above, please do not let this put you off as we are able to be flexible with most of our roles. If you are unable to apply online through the link on this page, please contact the Barnardo’s Volunteering Team on volunteering@barnardos.org.uk or call us on 0208 498 7320
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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