Befriender: Mental Health (Ealing and Hounslow)

BEfriend; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity in Hounslow is seeking a Volunteer Befriender to support adults facing mental health challenges. As a Befriender, you'll make weekly visits, engage in meaningful activities, and help clients achieve their goals through companionship and support. This role includes training and non-clinical supervision. Candidates should have a genuine interest in assisting others and the ability to commit to a year as required. This is a rewarding volunteer opportunity to make a difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Ability to commit to a year where applicable.
• Interest in supporting adults with mental health challenges in Ealing and Hounslow.

Responsibilities

• Make weekly visits (1-2 hours) to the client’s home.
• Develop a plan with the client and supervisor.
• Engage in activities that promote confidence and community connection.
• Attend specialist mental health training.

Job description

Overview

Our core Befriending Project supports people who are isolated and sometimes housebound. They may have a physical or sensory disability, or they may have mild dementia.

Our Linked Minds Befriending project provides specialist one-to-one befriending for adults who are isolated because of a diagnosed mental health problem.

Volunteering with BEfriend not only enriches the lives of those who are isolated, but also offers immense personal rewards. As a volunteer, you’ll befriend inspirational people with fascinating stories, develop new skills and be part of a supportive team that values compassion and connection.

Our Linked Minds Befriending Project supports people who are socially isolated in Ealing and Hounslow due to a diagnosed mental health problem.

This is an opportunity to become a Befriender.

On successful completion of specialist mental health training, the Befriender is matched with someone suitable, by a Co-ordinator who then acts as a (non-clinical) supervisor for the befriending period, which is limited to a year. (Where applicable, this can count towards continuous professional development).

Befriender, client and supervisor make a plan together with a goal to work towards, and the Befriender makes a weekly 1-2 hour visit to the client’s home, where they might stay in and chat over a cup of tea, go out for a walk together, visit a café or undertake a local activity.

These visits make such a difference for the client, increasing their confidence and helping them explore and work towards joining a club, meeting other people or whatever their goal may be.

But volunteering with BEfriend not only enriches the lives of those who are isolated, it also offers immense personal rewards. As a Befriender, you’ll get to know inspirational people with fascinating stories, develop new skills and be part of a supportive team that values compassion and connection.

Responsibilities

• Make weekly visits (1-2 hours) to the client’s home or a suitable setting to provide companionship and support.
• Develop a plan with the client and supervisor, and work towards agreed goals.
• Engage in activities that promote confidence, social inclusion, and community connection.
• Attend specialist mental health training and complete any required supervision or reviews.

Qualifications and requirements

• Volunteer role with training provided; ability to commit to a year where applicable.
• Non-clinical supervision provided by a Co-ordinator after placement.
• Interest in supporting adults with mental health challenges in Ealing and Hounslow.

Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Volunteer
• Job function: Health Care Provider
• Industries: Civic and Social Organizations and Non-profit Organizations

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