ROLE TITLE: Social Group Facilitator.
REPORTS TO: Social Group lead.
WORKPLACE: Woking Town Centre.
HOURS: Tuesday Evenings 6.30pm until 8.30/8.45pm.
ROLE OBJECTIVES
As a Social Group Facilitator, you will help to make the social group a welcoming space to all members and ensure our peer-to-peer support group sessions (social groups) run smoothly. You’ll work with the group lead to facilitate session activities. These vary from week to week but can include drawing, painting and cooking. You will support members as they build life skills, resilience and strong support networks. You’ll also help members develop their personal and professional skills in line with their needs. Most importantly, you’ll be a friendly face to talk to each week.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Due to the nature of our groups it is very hard to pinpoint exactly what you will be doing on a session by session basis. Volunteers facilitate the activities we host, that may be cooking one week, dancing the other or just chatting. Each session we will discuss the activities and figure out what will work best for you, our goal is to let you do whatever it is you do best.
- Prepare venues for group meetings including setting up activities.
- Actively create spaces for neurodiverse members to feel considered and calm.
- Meeting new and returning members.
- Encourage and facilitate open & constructive communication between members.
- Lead occasional sessions activities such as art, cooking, budgeting etc. (depending on your skills).
- Keep venues clean, safe and secure.
- Play a crucial part in raising safeguarding concerns & supporting signposting when required.
- Looking after the safety of our members, sessions, and venues.
- Provide general support throughout sessions.
PERSON SPEC
We encourage applications from everybody, but these would be the ideal skills and qualities a volunteer could hold. If you’re interested in the role, please get in touch regardless!
- Upbeat, personable and compassionate.
- Prompt and reliable.
- Kind and caring.
- Non-judgemental.
- Optimistic.
- Attentive.
