NIDAS Volunteer Facilitator

Volunteers to support our NIDAS Community Development Facilitators to provide training sessions for professionals and recovery programmes for our service users, depending on individual volunteer knowledge, skills and expertise. We are looking for volunteers who can work responsibly and confidently with vulnerable people. 

Supporting with training sessions

·      Setting up of the rooms before the training sessions, help with refreshments.

·      Supporting the facilitators during the training sessions.

·      Support with administrating the training sessions.

Supporting with domestic abuse networking events

·      Setting up the rooms before the domestic abuse champions networking sessions, help with refreshments.

·      Supporting the facilitators during the domestic abuse networking events.

·      Support with administrating the domestic abuse networking events.

Supporting with co facilitation of the recovery programmes

·      Setting up the rooms before the recovery programme sessions, help with refreshments.

·      Supporting the facilitators during the recovery programme sessions.

Supporting with the service user forum

·      Attending service user forum events.

Hours: This could be a one-off, weekly or monthly training or recovery programme session. The sessions would be run at a mutually convenient time. Time commitment would include planning, setting up the training session or recovery programme session, facilitating the session and after session debrief.

Support: We provide full support and guidance while you are volunteering and offer travel expenses.

Training: You will be given an induction to the charity, which includes training

Skills:

·      Knowledge, experience and or qualification in a particular activity

·      An enthusiastic and friendly approach

·      An optimistic outlook

·      A caring and non-judgemental nature

·      Good listening and communication skills

·      Patience and tact

·      Ability to maintain confidentiality

·      Encouraging of others

·      Ability to work on own initiative

·      Can stay calm and diffuse difficult situations

·      Reliability and flexibility

Volunteers are an important and valued part of Leeway. We offer you:

 •  An introduction to the charity and your team/project/role

 •  Any training for your role, as stated in the role description

 •  After three months of your help on a regular weekly basis, we can supply a reference

 •  Support, feedback, appreciation and encouragement

 •  To solve any problems as best we can

 •  Free tea/coffee when you are on shift

 •  Respect your dignity and treat you with kindness

 •  Make use of your skills and talents and help you to develop new ones, if desired

 •  Reimburse you for your travel expenses up to £15.00

 •  Ensure volunteering opportunities best suit your needs and Leeway’s needs

 •  Keep you up-to-date with information concerning your role and the charity

 •  A safe volunteering environment including covering you with insurance whilst you are

     volunteering

 •  Equal opportunities and fairness

 •  Protect your personal information, holding it confidentially