Do you have what it takes to be a great volunteer?
If you are interested in helping, talented in a specific area and have heaps of enthusiasm, why not volunteer your time to help the kids at The Hub and Childline Thailand. Any help or time you can give to the Childline Thailand’s cause is gratefully received.
Volunteer positions
Childline staff assists children and families in multiple ways on a daily basis – problems range from loneliness
and family misunderstandings to severe abuse cases.
Contact Centre
We need volunteers who have qualifications in psychology or experienced social worker who can provide counselling. You’ll be required to provide counselling children who need mental support
- Volunteer Counsellor – counselling children who need mental support by listening and assisting them.
The Hub
This is an Emergency and Development Center, we need volunteers with a variety of skills who are prepared to work alongside staff assisting children in street situations.
Most children are homeless and are groups of kids who stay alone or without parents. This center is a meeting space for them.
- Activity Leader/ Facilitator – we have a routine activity on every weekend, and we might need volunteers to lead an activity for children or join fun activities with them.
- Volunteer Teacher – In case you have skills that you want to teach, you can have a class with our children or even our staff to develop their skills.
Communications
This is a unit who has to connect with people and need many people with variety skills and more creative because we have to work with more group of people.
- Content Translator – we have a lot of contact in local language, but we have to connect more people who use the second language. We need people who can do that!!
- Storyteller – we have a ton of information about our work, and we would like to communicate this with society through online and offline communication.
- Support Facilitator / Campaigner – we often have our workshop with various groups of people to raise awareness with many campaigns. You can be a part of our activities.
- Child and Youth Leader Trainee – if you want to challenge yourself to get more involved with any issues of children, you can be a part of our advocacy team!!
What can you do to help?
Any help or time you can give to the Childline Thailand cause is gratefully received. Any additional skills or experience can help a child to learn and develop. We’re always in need of help, but in particular you can add a real difference if you are a GP or Doctor, Nurse, Dentist, Hairdresser, Social worker, Teacher or Children’s entertainer!
What do you need to volunteer?
For registration and child-safety purposes, all applicants must
- No serious criminal record, especially related to children, harassment or violence. Be willing to undergo a criminal history background check if required
2. Submit their citizenship ID card / passport to be scanned and sent to an officer for approval
3. Be willing to have their photograph taken
4. Read, acknowledge understanding and signs Child Safety Policies and Procedures.
From assisting in our tutorial sessions, to playing games, providing children’s entertainment and serving food, volunteering your help for as little as one hour a week can have a huge impact on the services we provide and the lives of the children.
Please note: Childline Thailand Foundation and The Hub adheres to Save the Children’s (UK) and UNICEF’s guidelines for child protection. We maintain strict child-safety policies and procedures within The Hub and conduct background checks before employment of all staff and volunteers.
