Summer Play Scheme Assistant Volunteers - Female only (Ealing)
Hestia
Are you passionate about supporting women and children who have fled domestic abuse?
To help with the day to day running of the service throughout the summer; Support with organising and facilitating activities and outings Help to make sessions interesting and fun for a range of ages; Create timetables, posters, maps and instructions; Offer general admin help; Develop positive relationships with the children and women; To gather suggestions from families, plan, collaborate and to create a timetable of activities and sessions; To support in providing or purchasing resources for activities (paid for by the service)
Community Work
Organising & Planning
- Experience working with children/childcare/play-work experience - gained formally or informally - Willingness to learn about domestic abuse and its impact on children and women - Able to maintain strict confidentiality - Ability to provide a supportive, and inclusive atmosphere that encourages learning and participation - Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work with people from different backgrounds.
- Supporting You - You will have a dedicated volunteer supervisor to support you in your role; Quarterly volunteer forums with the central Volunteering team and volunteers across Hestia; References for job applications - Developing You - You will gain knowledge and insight into issues that impact Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Mental Health; You will have access to our extensive Learning and Development Programme; 40% of our departed volunteers secured a paid role at Hestia last year! - Valuing You - We hold annual Volunteer Awards and Celebration events; We reimburse travel expenses and up to £5 for lunch for your volunteering; We hold social events and outings for our volunteers to get together and have some fun
Ideally 3 days a week throughout the school summer holidays (between 20th July and 28th August)
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Ealing
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