Volunteer Doula Application Requirements
Please read this notice carefully. To be eligible to apply to volunteer with us, you must:
- Live in Greater Melbourne
- Have completed a comprehensive doula training program, be a midwife or student midwife
- Have attended a minimum of three births in a professional capacity, unless you are applying solely as an extended postnatal support doula, in which case you must have provided extended postnatal support to at least three families;
- Be willing to obtain a Working with Children’s Check (no cost);
- Be willing to undergo a National Police Check (arranged by Birth for Humankind at no cost);
- Agree to abide by our policies and Code of Practice;
- Be willing to complete occasional and brief mandatory professional develop modules;
- Be committed to providing high quality, impartial support to people from diverse cultural backgrounds who are experiencing social and economic disadvantages;
- Be committed to providing 2 services per year (birth, backup, or extended postnatal support), with the first service occurring within 3 months of completing the volunteer orientation.
