Self-Weigh Assistant Volunteer - Various Family Centres across Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire’s Family Centre Service brings children’s centres, health visiting and school nursing together, to provide a more joined-up service for children, young people, and their families.

The centres deliver a range of support groups and activities for children and their families to help them be healthy, grow and develop. To make it easy for families to fit sessions and services around their busy lives, access is available from any Hertfordshire Family centre. We have locations across the entire county so please do enquire ensuring you have provided your postcode. 

Main Tasks/ Responsibilities/ Activities

To support Public Health Nursing teams by helping parents use baby weighing equipment in a welcoming and safe environment.

Key Responsibilities:

·        Welcome parents, carers, and babies to the self-weigh session in a friendly and approachable way.

·        Explain how to use the weighing equipment safely and accurately (training provided).

·        Support parents to record their baby’s weight on growth charts or apps as appropriate.

·        Ensure the weighing area is safe, clean, and ready for families to use.

·        Provide reassurance and encouragement to parents and carers.

·        Signpost any questions or concerns about a baby’s health or development to a Family Centre staff member

Skills / Abilities / Experience / Qualities

·        Friendly, patient, and approachable.

·        Good communication and listening skills.

·        Confident in supporting parents to use simple equipment (training given).

·        Reliable, punctual, and able to work as part of a team.

·        Respectful and non-judgemental towards all families.

Training / Support

·        A full induction to the service and specific site will be provided.

·        Requirement to undertake One YMCA online training courses

·        To understand and implement One YMCA’s policies.

·        Ongoing support and regular 1:1 meetings

·        Access to organisational events throughout the year including Socials, Conferences and Training opportunities. 

Additional Information

·        Undergo enhanced DBS check

·        X2 References required

·        Undertake additional training as and when required

·        We offer to pay volunteers’ “out of pocket” expenses within agreed guidelines