• Ongoing role (with minimum 6-month commitment)
  
• Weekdays between 9am and 3pm as required
  
• 2-4 hours per week, or as required
  
• Provide care to infants and toddlers ages 0-4 years onsite at YPP’s Randwick site

Why choose to volunteer with Red Cross?

• You can help improve lives and create a positive impact in your community
• It’s an opportunity to enhance your skills & knowledge & gain new experiences
• You’ll be helping Red Cross to support vulnerable people across Australia

The program 

The Red Cross Young Parents Program (YPP) works to improve the capacity of young parents to live and parent independently, ensure best outcomes for their children, and reach their full potential within safe, strong and resilient families through its Residential, Outreach, and Aftercare stages.

The opportunity 

The role of the Volunteer Child Minder is to provide childcare for the babies and young children of the families within the Young Parents Program (YPP). This role suits a friendly, flexible, and reliable person over the age of 18, with professional and/or personal experience caring for infants and toddlers and can make an ongoing weekly commitment for a minimum of 6 months.  

Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the world’s largest humanitarian network.  

The impact 

As a Volunteer Child Minder, you will reduce barriers for young parents to access education by providing safe and nurturing child minding to their children. Additionally, you will play an important role, working directly with infants and toddlers to achieve critical developmental goals.  

Application requirements

• For this role you will be required to undertake a National Police Check, which will be organised through Red Cross.  
• To submit this an application you will be need to upload a recent copy of your CV and/or provide details for two professional references who can provide a reference in relation to your contact with children. 
• The role will also require you to hold or apply for a NSW Working With Children Check. Red Cross can assist you to apply for this check.

Further information  

To find out more about this opportunity please contact the YPP Team via email at  ypp_volunteer_coordinator@redcross.org.au.  

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities, please visit our website at www.redcross.org.au/careers