Family support Home-Start

A family, a job, the household, illness, sometimes parents have to do a top job. The 'gold' of Home-Start are the volunteers who have experience in raising children. Every week, the volunteer comes to give exactly that support that helps the family get through this period of 'peak workload'. Parents can tell their story, receive support or practical tips and help with contacts in the neighbourhood.

One half-day a week you offer the family the support that directly meets the families demand, for example:
• Someone who listens to a parents stories, with an open mind, without judgements.
• A single parent who wants support in raising the children.
• Practical help with childcare or housekeeping.
• A family wants to broaden its network and find out what facilities are nearby

Specific call from a family: Would you like to get together with another mother (with a 3-year-old son) occasionally to do a fun activity with your children? Or to have coffee together and talk about parenting questions that every parent recognises? Then you are very welcome to meet this single mother from Groningen South. 

• Someone who wants to commit to this programme for at least a year and can thus be a reliable support to a family.
• Someone who has experience in raising children.
• Someone who is stable, patient, flexible and has people skills.
• Someone who can be there, is not quick to judge and has a positive attitude towards life.