Home-Start, Up and Coming Placement Involvement:

Wednesday 3rd of April: A Home-Start Co-ordinator will be visiting my home to help me select a family that I will be the most benefit for and a family who is right for me.  This will include the co-ordinator and myself arranging a day to go and visit a family. After this we will visit my selected family for the 1st time together. However, the co-ordinator will leave after half an our and leave me for the duration of the two hour visit to get to know the family.  After this I will visit my matched family on my own, once a week for two hours. My time with a family is expected to be 6 months however in some circumstances this can be extended to a year. For example, if we have set a certian goal together which the parent has not yet completed and would like me to support them with.

Wednesday 1st of May: I will be at the Home-Start offices to catch up on week two and week seven of training which I missed due to illness. I will be joining one group during the day who will be on their second day of training. When this commences there will be a session of volunteers doing training in the evening. They will be doing their week seven traing which I am able to join. This is important as it involves the family visit  documentation process. This will be a very long day however I am exited to see the co-ordinators again and possibly talk to the new volunteers about my experience training with Home-Start. By then I will already be well into my work with my matched family so it will also be a great opportunity to share my experience working with the new volunteers.

 

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