Home-Start Blackmore Vale
There for parents when they need us most, because childhood can't wait
What is Home-Visiting?
A carefully selected and trained volunteer, who has parenting experience can visit you regularly for 2-3 hours a week in your own home. Our volunteers are there to offer emotional and practical support.
Our support is confidential, flexible and responsive to your needs. You can also receive this support remotely if you would prefer.
Make a referral to our Home-Visiting service?
If you are a family seeking support, or a health visitor, doctor, social worker or any other professional working with a family, you can make a referral on their behalf, with their consent.
Please phone us on 01258 473038 to discuss the situation and if a referral is thought to be suitable we will send you a referral form to complete and return or you can download a Referral Form below.
If you are making a referral on behalf of someone else, please use one of the Professional Referral Forms. If you are making a referral on behalf of yourself, please us the Self Referral Form. Two versions of each form can be downloaded from this page, the MS Word version is editable using Microsoft Word. If you cannot edit the form please download and print the PDF version.
Please complete the referral form and email to referrals@homestartblackmorevale.org.uk or post it to Office 2, The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1FH.
Professional Referral Form
Self Referral Form
If you need support please visit our contact page and complete a contact form. Once we have received your request a member of the team will be in touch.
Digital Support Service (remote support)
All support as described above can also be offered remotely through our digital support service. This includes video calling, telephone calls or texting
We do not operate a waiting list: family support is governed by the availability and suitability of volunteers. We will always give you guidance as to the current situation regarding volunteer availability.
What happens next?
- We assess each referral to ensure the support required falls within Home-Start’s remit.
- We will visit the family to discuss their needs and tell them about Home-Start’s service.
- We will then identify a suitable volunteer whose skills and experience match the needs of the family.
- As soon as a suitable volunteer is available, the co-ordinator will introduce them to the family and accompany them on their first visit. It may take time for a volunteer to become available and if a suitable match cannot be made then you will be informed.
- We will let you know when Home-Start support starts and ends and may ask you for feedback about the impact our service had on the family.
We will provide regular updates, within confidentiality guidelines, on our progress with the family.
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