OzChild Family Support volunteer programs

OzChild Family Support Volunteer services operate a number of supportive programs for families, caregivers, children and young people within the Southern Metropolitan region. Funding criteria requires that the service is provided to particular groups or according to the local government area a family resides in. The majority of this service is available to families living in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula.

Read how an OzChild volunteer supported a young family.

All of the programs offer a trained, Police Checked and Working With Children Checked volunteer carefully matched to a family, care giver, child or young person.  Volunteer Program Coordinators provide support and supervision to all volunteers across the programs.

Trained volunteers can provide various supports to families, care givers, children and young people, such as:

• emotional support
• some transport to essential appointments
• child care to care givers
• mentoring to a child or young person
• support to a child attending an  Early Childhood Centre
• supporting parenting strategies
• linking to wider community supports
• assistance with household routines
• some practical supports
• any other supports deemed appropriate by the Volunteer Coordinator

To join you need

• no specific qualifications
• to offer between 2 to 4 hours per week of support
• to be committed and reliable
• to be over 18 years of age
• to be willing to undertake assessment including police checks and working with children checks
• to be able to work within a large team

For further information or to register your interest in becoming a volunteer in OzChild's Family Support Volunteer Programs, please contact us here.

Would you like to look after a child for a weekend, a few days, a few months or longer? Do you work, but still have some time and energy to care for a child?

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