Volunteer with the Doorstep Library Network
Are you available Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays between 3.45-6.30pm during school term time?The Doorstep Library Network runs Doorstep Library Projects (DLP) on estates in Hammersmith & Fulham. Each DLP recruits volunteers to pay weekly visits to low-income families to read stories to their children and bring a choice of children books to borrow.Volunteers work in pairs, with each pair picking books to read with and lend to families. We visit families in their homes/ on their doorsteps, read a story with the children and lend them books for the week. Through the reading of stories to the children we also act to befriend parents/ carers, offering a listening ear and signposting suitable local services where appropriate.Volunteers will develop skills which will be useful for careers in education or social work and child care. All Volunteers receive initial and on-going training including:• Introduction to poverty and social exclusion, and the overall aims of the Doorstep Library Network• Aims and methods of the project • Door-knocking and home visiting • Personal safety• Child protection policy• Confidentiality and information sharing policies• Local service provision and how to signpost these to families• Reading methods, especially for children with learning/ behavioural difficultiesAll volunteers receive support and supervision throughout the placement.A strong grasp of written and spoken English is essential (you will be reading aloud to children and developing their vocabulary through conversations connected to the readings and talking with parents).Please contact us on info@doorsteplibrary.org.ukwww.doorsteplibrary.org.uk
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