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Role Detail

Welfare Support Volunteer

Happy Baby Community

We are looking for volunteers to provide welfare support for individuals. We provide a range of welfare support services to our community members, with help from our experienced volunteers. This role is avaliable for women only.

Detailed Description

Happy Baby Community is a charity working in Greater London with pregnant and new mothers who are also seeking asylum. We've grown a strong programme of doula and perinatal support. The families we work with face extreme challenges and vulnerability. The excellent care of doulas gives them comfort that they can't find anywhere else, plus measurably improved perinatal outcomes. We are looking for volunteers to provide welfare support for individuals. We provide a range of welfare support services to our community members, with help from our experienced volunteers. If you have experience in supporting asylum seekers and refugees with welfare issues such as immigration law, housing, school or nursery enrolments, we will welcome your help. This role is only avaliable to women.

Activities you will be doing

Support Work,Advice, Information & Support,Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring,Caring,Community Work

What skills are required for this role

Admin, Counselling, Language Skills, Managing People, Negotiating

Why these skills are required

- social skills - compassion

What is in it for you

- part of an all female inclusive community - helping those who have survived war, violence, trauma to integrate in UK society

Time Commitment

3 hours a week

N1 4DA

St Peter’s De Beauvoir Town Church Northchurch Terrace Hackney

By train: The nearest station is Haggerston, on the East London overground line. By bus: Kingsland Road: Buses 67, 149, 242 and 243 (alight at Haggerston station). Southgate Road: Buses 21, 141 and 76 (alight at Northchurch Road).

N/A

Application Process
Support you will receive
Role Type
Suitable For
18+
We Welcome
- Neurodiverse and physical special needs welcomed - WOMEN only