Volunteer Opportunities
What you will be doing
Calling parents and carers of autistic children and adults who have contacted the Parent to Parent Emotional Support Helpline.
Providing emotional support and a non-judgemental listening ear to other parents and carers.
Signposting parents, when appropriate, to information and advice services
Sending an email to parent callers, if appropriate, following their P2P call. This email will include: signposting information, links to relevant information sheets, a feedback form link etc.
Filling out a call sheet of basic information after every call, this information will then be passed promptly to the coordinator.
Some occasional travel to attend training and forums will be necessary.
This grid shows when you can volunteer for this opportunity.
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All volunteers must be a parent or primary carer of an autistic child or adult.
Volunteers need to be:
good communicators, as the role involves providing emotional support over the phone
good listeners and understanding
open-minded
willing to learn
able to remain calm in stressful situations
able to respond sensitively to the emotional and practical content of the calls
emotionally ready to undertake this work and support other parents
self-motivated and able use their own initiative
able to organise, prioritise and manage their own time
reliable, consistent, dependable.