Early Years Scotland (Dumfries)
Supporting our Family Engagement Practitioners (FEP) at our sessions for parents, babies and young children within community settings across Dumfries and Galloway.
Yes
Children / Families
Social benefits: improving companionship, tackling social isolation, and increasing social capital, Mental well-being: improving confidence, purpose, and life satisfaction, Instrumental benefits – developing new skills and knowledge, gaining awards and qualifications, increasing employability
No awards or qualifications
Daily
Long-term volunteer = over six months
No
Yes
Minimum
No
No
None
None
No gender restriction
No
No
No
They will get support from the Volunteer Administrator beforehand which includes role description and policies. Each Family Engagement Practitioner will provide their own induction information pack on the first day. Volunteer Administrator is on hand to speak them through the process.
Training on job and access to EYS membership which provides online training and resources. We will also offer any relevant third party training that comes our way.
On going on the job training.
In-person
No
Application form, References required, Informal chat
Public Liability
Yes
No
