Parent Champion (Warwick District Children and Family Centres)

Barnardo’s is committed to providing ‘Better Outcomes for More Children’. Our children’s services volunteers help the charity to deliver essential services in local communities, providing support to over 300,000 children, young people and their families. This role provides a great opportunity to join our fantastic children’s services and help make a real difference.

Warwick District Children and Family Centres provide activities for under 5's and support for families from pre-birth or with children or young people aged 0-19 (or 25 for young people with additional needs). Our vision is that every family is supported to achieve their aspirations for themselves, their children and the wider community.

Parent Champion is a new volunteer role developed across Warwickshire Children & Family Centres in partnership with Barnardo’s, CORAM Family and Childcare (UK Charity) and Warwickshire County Council. Coram pioneered the Parent Champion role as a peer to peer model reaching out to parents who would otherwise miss out on information and the project is based on the idea that parents are the best people to support other parents.

The Parent Champion role is flexible in terms of hours and times and we will provide regular opportunities to meet with Parent Champion Coordinators and other Parent Champions, to share good practice and experiences.

Our locations are: Lillington Children and Family Centre, Mason Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 7QE; Kingsway Children and Family Centre, Baker Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV31 3HB; Westgate Children and Family Centre, Bowling Green Street ,Warwick CV34 4DD,and various outreach locations.

We are looking for enthusiastic people who believe in the work of Barnardo’s and want to let others know about it! Parent Champions will champion our services to parents/carers and the local community, on behalf of Barnardo’s, raising awareness of our services and supporting parents/carers to access groups and 1:1 support.

We know people are more likely to engage with and listen to other parents, who they can relate to. Parent Champions will have experience of using our services and may have shared the same issues and experiences as the families they are reaching out to. We want all local families to know what support and activities are available to them and support them to feel comfortable to access that support when needed.