Goodwin Volunteer Doula Project

Mums and Doulas with MP Alan Johnson The Goodwin volunteer doula project provides support to women during pregnancy and the early weeks of family life. This website provides resources for Doula projects across the country. It also provides a place where women can share experience and find out more about becoming involved in Doula projects. Find out more about the principles of the Doula project and how to set up a project.

Doula Wins Awards

"ON THE darkest days, Sherrie Rhodes wanted to go to sleep and never wake up." The Hull Daily Mail has recently printed a wonderful article about one of our Doulas, and how her battle with postnatal depression led to achievements later in her life. Sherrie has just been named Outstanding Learner Of The Year by the National Institute Of Adult Continuing Education, representing Yorkshire and Humber at a prestigious ceremony in London. She has also won the "Overcoming Barriers" award, presented by Humberside Learning Consortium. Congratulations, Sherrie!

Read the complete article here: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/turned-life-help-Willow/article-2479375-detail/article.html

Latest Vacancy

The Volunteer Doula Project is a pioneering project that recruits and trains volunteer birth partners – known as Doulas – to help women who need support through pregnancy and childbirth. The Doula project is based at the Fenchurch Street Children’s Centre off Beverley Road, Hull. Due to our continued success we now need the following members of staff to enhance our service. For further information please look at our website. www.goodwindoulas.org

The post is to cover maternity leave so will be for 6 months in the first instance.

Locality Development Worker 30 hrs per week – LDW004 – Salary £17,316 pro rata (Maternity Cover)

The successful candidate will assist in the co-ordination and development of the day to day running of the Goodwin Volunteer Doula Project along with assisting with the Recruitment, Selection and Training of the Volunteer Doulas. It is essential that you are educated to Level 3 standard in a related qualification and are IT literate and have experience of supervising unpaid staff.

For an Application Pack please contact the HR Department on (01482) 594319 or email recruitment@goodwin-centre.org. This post is subject to an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Check and Satisfactory References.

Previous applicants will not be required to submit a new application as they will be still considered for this post.

Application forms should be returned stating Job Reference to: HR Department, Goodwin Centre, Icehouse Road, Hull, HU3 2HQ no later than 18^th August 2010 - (CV’s not accepted) If you haven’t heard from us by 24^th August 2010, please accept that your application has not been successful.

`Goodwin, a registered charity, is an equal opportunities employer’

Lastest Vacancy

Replica Doula Manager F/T – RDM001 Salary £30k

This post has funding until 31^st March 2012

The Hull Volunteer Doula Project is a pioneering project that recruits and trains volunteer birth partners – known as Doulas – to help women who need support through pregnancy and childbirth. The Replica Volunteer Doula project is funded by the Dept of Health to develop the project in eight areas across England. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the roll out of nationally acclaimed volunteer project. The postholder will have a relevant degree and have proven project delivery/management experience, specifically engaging/working within diverse communities with vulnerable families. The successful candidate will be able to travel and be a skilled/confident ambassador. They will be required to work at a strategic level, with several agencies in a collaborative and empowering way to ensure success and excellent service delivery in the replication areas. In addition they will oversee the delivery of the Hull Doula and Breast Feeding Support Project.

For an Application Pack please contact the HR Department on (01482) 594319

or email recruitment@goodwin-centre.org

This post is subject to an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Check and Satisfactory References.

Application forms should be returned stating Job Reference to: HR Department, Goodwin Centre, Icehouse Road, Hull, HU3 2HQ no later than noon Tuesday 13th July 2010 (CV’s not accepted) If you haven’t heard from us by Friday 16th July 2010 please accept that on this occasion your application has not been successful. Interviews will be held at Hooper Building, Guildhall Rd on Tuesday 27^th July 2010.

Leeds Haamla Service Replication

Leeds Haamla Service to develop a volunteer doula service.

Thurrock 1st to Replicate

Parent 1st based in the Thurrock area are the first area to Replicate the Doula project. For more information click on this link http://www.goodwindoulas.org/node/3566

Where we came from ...

As with all successful grassroots organizations, the Goodwin Volunteer Doula Service in Hull was motivated by a small group of local women who wished to do something positive for pregnant women in the face of difficult personal, social and economic conditions. Goodwin Development Trust, as part of the local Sure Start programme, identified a gap in provision of support for women form disadvantaged communities around childbirth, and in September 2005 the Goodwin Volunteer Doula Service was piloted. Since then we have trained 55 volunteers and supported over 150 women. Over the past three years the project has developed and now offers support from, and to, women all over Hull and is currently joint funded by Hull Teaching PCT and Hull City Council via the Early Years fund.

Doulas display national award In conjunction with Hull & East Riding Maternity Services we have recently won the 2008 All Party Parliamentary Group Maternity Awards for services for isolated communities. If you are interested in developing such a service in your area of the country, we have now developed a replication package for such organisations. Please visit How to Replicate to find out more…

Become a Volunteer Doula in Hull

What exactly is a 'Doula'? A doula would often be called a birth partner, but in effect she is much mor Pregnant stomach photograph e than that. The word 'Doula' is Greek and has come to mean 'a trained and experienced partner who accompanies a woman through pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks of family life`. A Doula offers no clinical skills and does not perform any medical tasks.