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Caritas Diocese of Salford
Blackburn with Darwen (On-site)
Unpaid role, expenses paid
Voluntary

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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!

Job description

Caritas Young Parents’ Service offers accommodation-based support to young parents and their children who have experienced chaotic and/or unsafe lifestyles. We aim to keep families together and equip them with the tools they need to move on to independent living. We provide a safe space for parents to confidently parent their child.

We show parents how to play with their babies and toddlers to help them to develop new skills through guided play sessions and story times. We run skills and wellbeing sessions for the parents to help them develop independent living skills, such as how to cook on a budget.

We are excited to advertise for a new volunteer that can help deliver these activities, so if you have any skills that you are not utilising, you might be just who we are looking for.

What you will be doing

  • Supporting the staff-led delivery of creative age-appropriate activities for the children, wellbeing-focused sessions for the parents and getting involved with the activities and sessions organised by staff.
  • Supporting staff led activities focused on day-to-day tasks that will increase confidence, such as basic cookery sessions
  • Empathising with young people experiencing parenthood for the first time.
  • Volunteers are required to follow all Caritas safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries policies at all times. Any concerns about the welfare of any of the children or adults who use the services must be acted upon in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy.
  • Volunteers be responsible to the Service Manager who would organise their induction and ongoing supervision.
  • Volunteers would be expected to ensure the confidentiality of the people who use the service, and not share any information relating to them outside of the service team.
  • Volunteers will be working alongside a member of staff - either the service manager or a project worker. Once a volunteer is confident and the manager is happy with their approach then they may be left to complete a play session, for example, but they would not be working alone in the building.
  • This role requires a commitment of 5 to 10 hours per week. The role is open ended not fixed term.

The skills you need

  • Empathy
  • Good listener
  • Good communication skills
  • Patience
  • Respect
  • Some residents may have experienced trauma, homelessness, abuse or family breakdown. Volunteers should be comfortable working in a sensitive and supportive environment.

What's in it for you

  • Opportunity to use your experience and skills to support people in your communities to whom your support matters.
  • Growing confidence and esteem
  • Full induction and training
  • Further training opportunities

Disclaimer

Please read before applying: As part of the safer recruitment process, we will be requesting an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two references for this role. Having a criminal record is not necessarily a bar to volunteering within the organisation. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and the background of the offences. Prior to starting with us you will be required to complete mandatory online training modules.

Organisation
Caritas Diocese of Salford View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

To help people across the Diocese of Salford experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination to transform their lives with dignity

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Posted on: 02 June 2026
Closing date: 02 August 2026 at 15:25
Tags: Social Care / Development, Events / Activities, Social / Support Work

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