Post Title: Parent & Carer Panel Volunteer
Responsible to: Family Hubs Parent Participation Officer
Purpose of the role
The purpose of the parent/carer panels is to:
• Family hubs, ensuring local parents/carers play a key role in designing and continuously improving family services
• Enable the voice of local parents/carers including those whose voices are seldom heard
• Ensure family hubs are designed for inclusion and meet the needs of the diverse communities that live in Barnsley
We want to ensure that the panel is representative of a range of parenting scenarios and of Barnsley’s local communities. We are therefore welcoming families from all walks of life and backgrounds with a particular focus on those who are pregnant/partner of an expectant parent and with children up to age 2 years.
What’s involved?
• You will help shape how services for families are delivered and be a valued part of family hubs development. You will meet new people in your community and have the opportunity together to build family hubs that meet families’ needs. You may want to join for your own personal development, or to share your experiences of accessing services for families in Barnsley and how they could be developed.
• Panel meetings will be agreed at a time and place that works best for the members of the panel, likely to be at least every two months for two hours and can be either face to face, online or hybrid to enable participation.
Days required: Mon AM, Mon PM, Tues AM, Tues PM, Weds AM, Weds PM, Thur AM, Thur PM, Fri AM, Fri PM
Several
Recruitment process: What happens next after I have applied?
When we receive your expression of interest form you will be contacted by a member of the team to invite you to a short meeting in person, or online. We’ll discuss if being on the panel would work for you, find out about the experiences you bring to the panel, and address any accessibility needs you have.
Please be aware that submitting an expression of does not guarantee you will be selected to be on the panel. Participants will be selected to ensure that the panel is representative of Barnsley’s diverse communities and circumstances.
You should be a parent or carer of a child up to 0-19 years (25 with SEND, special educational needs or disability)
You should have an interest in supporting families and children
You may want to join for your own personal development, or to share your experiences of accessing services for families in Barnsley and how they could be developed.