Sign up for support for yourself or a family you are working with
Whether you want to ask for support yourself, or want to help a family you support as a professional. Home Start West Somerset offers a quick and easy way to sign up to receive support. We offer support in a variety of formats including – weekly visits from our trained home visiting volunteers, weekly phone support from our telephone Be-Frienders and support groups run by staff and volunteers.
“My volunteer provides me with invaluable support, I can talk freely about any concerns or difficulties I may be having without judgment and receive great advice. I look forward to our weekly meets”
If you feel your family would benefit from the informal, confidential support of a trained Home-Start volunteer you should check you meet the criteria below:
- Have at least one child under 7 years old
- You live within West Somerset
If so please complete the form below and a coordinator will be in touch with further details of support
If a family you are currently working with would benefit from Home-Start support, follow the steps below:
- Discuss Home-Start with the family – they must agree to receive Home-Start support
- Establish that the family has at least one child under seven and lives within West Somerset
- Complete the “I want support for a family I support as a professional” form below
Home-Start West Somerset will then:
- Contact you to discuss the family further
- Arrange a first visit to meet the family and discuss their needs
- Carefully match the skills and experiences of a volunteer to the needs of the family
- Introduce the volunteer to the family (this may take time and if a suitable match cannot be made then you will be informed)
- Let you know when Home-Start support starts and ends
- Keep you informed about progress (within confidentiality guidelines)
“This complex vulnerable family needed a consistent, reliable befriending service to offer them stability – which they received from you. Thank you.”