Volunteer Doula Application Requirements
Please read this notice carefully. To be eligible to apply to volunteer with us, you must:
- Live in Greater Melbourne, or the regional areas of Geelong and Ballarat;
- Have completed a comprehensive doula training program, be a midwife or student midwife (not in your first or final year of study);
- Have attended a minimum of three births in a professional capacity, unless you are applying solely as a postnatal doula, in which case you must have provided extended postnatal support to at least three families;
- Have a current Working with Children Check (it is free to apply for one as a volunteer);
- Be willing to undergo a National Police Check arranged by Birth for Humankind;
- Agree to abide by our policies and Code of Practice;
- 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 primary doula support to a minimum of three clients (birth support and/or extended postnatal support) over an 18 month period.