Volunteer Role Description

Role Title: Support Volunteers

Project Description:

The Larches Trust is launching an Emotional Literacy Programme for people with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health problems and/or Autism to help develop communication and emotional literacy skills and enable them make choices and practise self-advocacy skills.

Role Description:

• Support the facilitators to run the group.
• Encourage individuals to participate in group activities.

Responsible to: The Group Facilitators

What is expected:

• As our aim is to facilitate self-advocacy, it is essential that Support Volunteers feel comfortable in taking a supporting role, according to the individuals needs.
• No experience in working with people with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health problems and/or Autism necessary, just a genuine desire to be able to offer consistent support in a safe, respectful and nonjudgmental way.
• This role will initially take 1/2 day a week and we require a level of commitment until July 2010.
• Help the group with preparing and running the sessions.

What do Support Volunteers gain?

• Training in support skills.
• Experience of mentoring and supporting people with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health problems and/or Autism
• And most of all, the satisfaction of helping people with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health problems and/or Autism bring about positive change in their lives.

How to apply:

If you would like to apply to be a Support Volunteer please send your CV to:
The Larches Trust, Larches House, 1 Rectory Lane, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 7LF

You will be required to have a CRB disclosure.