Healthy Families, Healthy Relationships - Volunteer Community Educators Information Session
Event description
Do you want to help your community be a better place to live?
Do you want to help create equality and respect in our home and in our community?
We are looking for leaders genuinely committed to equity and respect in our region to be Educators for a new initiative in our region.
Background Information
Sikh Australian Support for Family Violence (SASFV) together with Women’s Health in the South East and Cardinia Shire Council are calling for interested volunteers to be community educators and learn how to deliver a program to help us raise awareness of family violence in our community and, what we can do to prevent it.
We are looking for men and women to be Community Educators and deliver up to 3 programs of a community program called Healthy Families Healthy Relationships over the next 12 to 18 months across the Southern region of Melbourne.
As a volunteer you will be closely supported by SASFV to learn about the program and be supported to deliver the program safety and appropriately. Resources and training will be provided in the program, its underlying concepts and our referral pathways policies and processes.
What we are looking for?
The Community Educators for this program will need to have:
- A genuine interest in volunteering, and contributing to their community
- An awareness and appreciation of family violence in the community, willingness to contribute to changing it, and understanding of the drivers of family violence and violence against women
- Genuine and demonstrated commitment to equity across all people – men and women
- Appreciation that the role of the community educator is not to act as counsellor, and/or case manager for family violence in the community but if required can refer issues to specific specialised services.
- Experience and qualifications in delivering training to adults would be highly regarded
Educators will be required to have:
- Working with children and police check.
- Current unencumbered driver’s license
Call to action: Want to know more? Register your interest by attending the Community Educator Information sessions here