Mobiliser Reference 4 Identifying Home Visitors
Use these questions to help the CCC members identify volunteer home visitors.
If you can think of additional considerations, feel free to introduce them. Where should the home visitors come from? Does age matter or not? If so, what is the age range desired? Do we want home visitors with an affiliation, such as to a church or an NGO?
Can regular community members with no affiliation also be home visitors? What kinds of personal qualities do we want home visitors to have? How will we attract potential home visitors? How will we spread information about the
programme so that people are interested? How will we approach potential home visitors? How many hours per week will home visitors work? Should this be standard or flexible? What kind of compensation, if any, will home visitors receive? What forms of encouragement
can be given if there is no compensation, i.e. entirely voluntary? How can we help the
volunteers to stay motivated? Should potential home visitors be subject to some type of screening process? If so, how will
this function? Should we ask potential home visitors to provide the names of persons to serve as community
references? Should home visitors work singly or in pairs? What are the benefits and drawbacks of these
two possibilities? Should home visitors announce their commitment, in some kind of ceremony, or in front of
their church / fbo congregations? How will the CCC help home visitors when they have problems or difficulties? Who will home visitors report to? Will this be a formal or informal relationship? A mentor,
a friend, a supervisor? What kinds of records will home visitors keep?Other:Guide to Mobilising and Strengthening Community-Led Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Unit 1, Module 2^51