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Jewish Family Centre

Make a Difference to Vulnerable Children – Contact Supervisor Role Available

At the Jewish Family Centre, we provide safe, child-focused contact services for families where children are not living with one or both parents. Our aim is to support children in maintaining meaningful relationships with their families in a secure, welcoming, and supportive environment. We are proud to be registered with the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC), ensuring that our services meet nationally recognised standards of quality, safety, and good practice. As a Contact Supervisor Volunteer, you will help provide a safe, welcoming, and child-focused environment where children can spend time with family members during supervised contact sessions. Your presence helps ensure that visits are safe, positive, and supportive, contributing to the wellbeing of vulnerable children and their families. You will: -Welcome children and families and help create a calm, friendly atmosphere. -Supervise contact sessions in line with the organisation's policies and procedures. -Observe interactions objectively and accurately record factual information during and after each session. -Promote the safety and wellbeing of children at all times. -Respond appropriately to any concerns and report safeguarding issues in line with organisational procedures. -Maintain professional boundaries and treat all families with dignity, respect, and impartiality. -Communicate effectively with staff, volunteers, and families. -Attend induction, mandatory training, and volunteer meetings as required. -Maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection requirements. -Carry out the role in accordance with the organisation's values, policies, and health and safety procedures. Most contact sessions take place on Sundays or after school hours during the week. Contact Supervisor Volunteers are added to a dedicated WhatsApp group where upcoming contact sessions and volunteering opportunities are shared. Volunteers can indicate their availability for individual sessions, providing flexibility while helping us ensure that each contact session is appropriately staffed. Although the Jewish Family Centre is a Jewish community organisation, our Child Contact Service is open to families of all faiths, backgrounds, and communities. As a registered member of the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC), we are committed to providing an inclusive, impartial, and child-centred service that is accessible to anyone who meets our referral criteria.


Not sure which role suits you or need a little friendly help? Please contact our volunteer broker at volunteerbroker@jvn.org.uk for London or Rebecca at manchester@jvn.org.uk for Manchester.

Information

Location:Jewish Family Centre
In-Person
Age limit: Volunteers aged 20 or over
Hours per session: Between 1 and 3 hours
Availability: On-going

Available days/times

MorningAfternoonEvening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday


We are happy to be flexible on location and/or times if required.

Charity

Jewish Family Centre

There are many ways to make a community strong.

A community is made up of individuals and families.

We aim to provide a hub for Jewish families who have children under bar and bas mitzvah.

We provide pre-school developmental programmes, after school activities. Fun Days and Holiday activities... while aiming to keep the entry price affordable.

We recognise that for some families ANYTHING is too much, and so help towards the entry costs is available.

In addition, or perhaps most importantly our small but dedicated Family Support Team is there to provide crisis support, and on going support to families in the community.

There are many families who 'fall through the cracks'. Either they don't know where to go or they feel the mainstream organisations don't 'get' them.

We are here and available.

A mum can walk in and feel reassured that no-one knows why she is coming - Soft play or Therapy. Family Support or a music and movement group.
Opportunities

Contact

Jewish Volunteering Network,
Wohl Campus for Jewish Education,
44a Albert Road, London, NW4 2SJ

020 8203 6427 (London & Herts)
07587 792 272 (Manchester)

info@jvn.org.uk
manchester@jvn.org.uk

Office hours

Mon-Thur 9.00am-5.30pm
Fri 9.00am-1.00pm (winter) 3.00pm (summer)

Closed weekends, bank holidays and Jewish festivals

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