Voluntter as a part of social serveces working with families and children

Volunteering is an activity based on individual's free will which contributes to social, economic, and cultural benefit of the entire society without volunteer's entitlement to remuneration. Volunteering within social services is primarily centred around non-for-profit organizations that represent the initial starting point particularly due to their significant interconnection. Coordination, an essential aspect of volunteering, is carried out by qualified professionals known as volunteering coordinators. The aim of this work is to describe and analyze the benefit and significance of volunteers' work within social services targeted at families and children. Qualitative method used as a part of the research allowed in-depth insight into voluteers' cooperation with social services. The research was conducted using questionnaire and semi-structured interview; the collected information was analysed through data classification. The analysis of the data collected proved that volunteering has a great benefit not only to organizations but particularly to the families in the area of education and development of children. This way volunteers contribute to family redevelopment and may help to eliminate occurrence of undesirable behaviour in children. Volunteers' approach differs to the one of experts' which may result in less professional but friendlier attitude. Another distinction lies in interaction with families; while a professional's job involves working with an entire family, a volunteer focuses solely on a child. The results of the research might be useful for organizations that consider incorporating volunteers into their structure. Equally, the work might become a suitable source of information for those who consider becoming volunteers within social services