London Disability & Family Support

Disability Support Assistance

Be rewarded and have new experiences, volunteer with us as an Disability Support Assistance.

Can you:

• Be patient and reliable
• Have experience of or the desire to support children/young people with disabilities
• Have good communication skills
• Are able to work alongside a variety of different people
• Have a positive attitude
• Use your initiative but also ask for help when needed
• Be willing to challenge discrimination.

What you can expect:

• Interacting with service users, whilst listening to what they have to say, to make their voice heard
• Supporting with reading and writing tasks when needed
• Join in and helping with activities.
• Contributing to children/young person’s social, emotional and educational development
• Keeping records of activities including session and travelling times
• Saturdays during Term time, commit to at least 2 sessions in a 3 month period
• Weekdays Monday to Friday during holiday clubs, commit to 1 or 2 sessions each holiday if available 

 What we can offer:

• Getting to know some great people!
• Gaining experience in supporting children and young people with disabilities
• Enjoying sense of personal satisfaction

 Action for Children does what’s right, does what’s needed and does what works.