Family Support - Family Befriender (E) (Byker Community Family Hub, Newcastle upon Tyne)

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.

Family Support Befrienders work across a range of services, such as children's centres, parenting services and Child Sexual Exploitation services, supporting children and families through challenging times in their lives.

As a Family Support Befriender, you will be working with families on a one to one basis, to provide advice and guidance around a range of issues that the families may be experiencing. This includes support around parenting, managing their finances, household routines and accessing other specialist services in their community.

Byker Community Family Hub is a busy Children's Centre working with families, children and young people aged 0 - 19 years in the Byker and Walker areas of Newcastle. As a Family Support Volunteer you will be working with families, on a 1:1 basis, with support of our staff teams to provide advice and guidance around a range of issues that the families may be experiencing.

We are looking for volunteers, with a passion for making a difference in families' lives, with a friendly and approachable attitude and an ability to engage parents/carers and their children in targeted pieces of work, empowering them to take steps towards improving their situation.