Preparation Course

The Preparation Course is designed to do two things:

1. Prepare the volunteer for the things they might encounter as a home visiting volunteer.

2. Help the co-ordinator get to know the volunteer. This is essential if the co-ordinator has to try and match a family with a suitable volunteer.

At the end of the course, there is a final interview when the volunteer will be told whether or not they have been accepted as a Home-Start home visiting volunteer.

Details of the Preparation Court

• Introductions
• What it means to be a volunteer
• An introduction to Home-Start and home visiting
• Family Life
• Attitudes and Values
• Listening and Communicating
• Confidentiality
• Child Protection
• Commitment and Boundaries
• Support and Personal Safety
• Volunteers Question Time
• Endings, Evaluation and what next?