Support us with a voluntary family partnership!
Büro für Bürgerengagement der AWO Kreisverband Köln
Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
German native speaker
Regularly
Discussed individually
- Families
- Kids & Teenagers
- Migrants & Refugees
- Women
- Education & Language Support
- Mentoring, Sponsoring & Career Coaching
- Organisation & Administration
- Sports & Leisure Activities
About the volunteering opportunity
The Familien-Partnerschaft project is aimed at families who do not have a sufficient family or social network from which they can receive support and relief in everyday life and/or who have difficulty accessing specific services. This applies in particular to families
- with a single parent
- with several, especially younger children
- who are affected by (material) poverty
- with experience of migration or flight
- with extraordinary (psychosocial) burdens (separation, illness, disability, etc.)
The specific help is provided exclusively by volunteer family partners. They accompany and support the parents and/or children in their particular situation, in line with the areas agreed in the intake interview and contract. You are a discussion partner for parents and children and provide practical support. Depending on need, you provide information about professional services in the social area.
Your Tasks
Specific assignments can be
- Care of the child/children
- Leisure activities for the children
- School support
- Support in the search for long-term relief options (parents' cafés, toddler groups, daycare centers, childminders, etc.)
- Talks for children and parents
- Accompaniment to institutions (authorities, childcare facilities, specialist advice centers, etc.)
- Specific practical support (household, handicrafts, etc.)
The possibilities in individual cases depend on your skills and inclinations.
Our benefits
Our benefits
- Guidance from specialist staff
- Service meetings
- Exchange of experience
- Reimbursement of costs incurred
- Further training / qualification offers
- Supervision
- Insurances:
- Public liability insurance
- Company legal protection insurance
- Business travel vehicle insurance
- Accident insurance cover for volunteers via the state of NRW
What's needed
Volunteers must be native German speakers.
- Age: (at least) 18 years
- Certificate of good conduct: extended certificate of good conduct necessary
- Empathy, openness, willingness to stand up for the family :)
- Pedagogical training is not a prerequisite
- Language skills can be helpful in individual cases; however, they are not mandatory
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
As a rule, you will support the families for a period of six months for two to four hours per week. The help can be extended in consultation with all those involved and if it is foreseeable that the goal will be achieved.
The voluntary work should be carried out over a period of at least one year.
The voluntary work should be carried out over a period of at least one year.
Important notice
Usability for volunteers with disabilities
Accessible for ...
Accessible for ...
- ... Wheelchair users
- ... People with visual impairments/blindness
Location
Büro für Bürgerengagement der AWO Kreisverband Köln
The Office for Civic Commitment of the AWO Cologne is a consulting service. People who are willing to volunteer will receive advice and will be placed in organisations that work with volunteers. Further priority will be given to LESEMENTOR Cologne, young volunteers, further education and voluntary refugee work.
Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
German native speaker
Regularly
Discussed individually
Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
German native speaker
Regularly
Discussed individually