Person Specification for a Home-Start Dundee home visiting Volunteer

A Home-Start volunteer should:

• Be a parent or have parenting experience
• Have a positive attitude to working with people of any gender, family status or sexual identity, or who are from any ethnic origin, culture of religion, or who have a disability
• Demonstrate a sensitive and caring attitude towards others
• Have a non-judgemental attitude
• Be clear about confidentiality and when a confidence remains so, but be able to decide when disclosure of a confidence is essential to the well-being of a chil
• Be reliable and understand the importance of reliability to the family
• Have good communication skills including the ability to listen
• Understand the need for support
• Have a warm and open personality and sense of humour
• Have time and enthusiasm for Home-Start
• Be able to work as a member of a team
• Be prepared to keep records as requested by the scheme

BACK