Volunteer Mentor
We are looking for people that have supported a child or young person with mental health challenges including anxiety, isolation or school refusal and would like to support other parents or carers going through challenging times. We are offering mentoring training which includes the development of coaching skills, self awareness, safeguarding, active listening and goal setting. Once you have been trained we ask that you can offer an hour a week to support a parent/carer either on the phone, online or in-person. The relationship will be reviewed after 3 months. Volunteers are offered group supervision once a month to support their own mental health, they will have the support of the peer mentor lead, they will have access to further CPD opportunities and they will be welcomed with open arms into the Calm Connections team.
Duration: Ongoing
Start date: 1st September 2024
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly
Availability:
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do:
The volunteers will be required to a complete all 6 (2 hour) training sessions and then the mentor will be matched with a mentee that has had similar experience to them. The mentor will then contact the mentee for an hour a week offering support, time to be heard and goal setting.
Training:
Skill and Qualifications Required:
All we ask is that the volunteer has experience of supporting a child or young person close to them with mental health or emotional wellbeing challenges.
Areas of Interest: Health and wellbeing, Men, Mental Health, Women, Young people
Opportunity suitable for: Employee Volunteers, Home, Indoor, Online, People seeking work, 18 and over
What activities will the volunteer do? Befriending, Coaching, Counselling, Mentoring, Virtual Volunteering
Skills gained in this role: Counselling, Listening, Talking to others
Home based opportunity? No
DBS Check Required: No
About the host organisation
Hosted by: Calm Connections Cic
Organisation Profile: At Calm Connections CIC we are parents and carers with lived experience of supporting our children through mental health crisis and we work with other professionals to provide a closed facebook group, online and face to face support groups for families.
We run a volunteer programme which involves training mentors (preferably with lived experience) to work with families directly. The mentors are matched to a family that may have a child that is currently experiencing mental health challenges.
Volunteers will receive full training and supervision. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop some interpersonal skills and to become a pivotal part of a families journey to a calmer and more connected place.
