Volunteer – Family Friend

Be A Family Friend
Safe Families Canada is committed to supporting parents and bringing love and healing into families that are often isolated and alone. By becoming a Family Friend, your mentoring relationship becomes the cornerstone of healthy living and healing as you support and strengthen a struggling family so that they may thrive.

Responsibilities of a Family Friend may include, but are not limited to:

• Providing friendship
• Listening when a parent wants to talk
• Providing encouragement when a parent needs a little extra support
• Sharing helpful information about parenting and life in general
• Connecting needy parents to a resources and the network of services available at minimal cost.
• Supporting parents with children placed with Host Families
• Advocating with/for families seeking the proper academic setting, mental and physical health opportunities and other resources for their children.
• Family Friends are trained volunteers that are supported by a network of resources that includes: community development organizations, schools, clinics, counseling and churches.

Connect with our team if you need more information – hamiltonhalton@safefamilies.ca

Apply here: https://bttr.im/gli2u