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Group61 Volunteer Mental Health Befriender Required - Redcliffe Moreton Bay

Wesley Mission Queensland - Balmoral Uniting Community Centre
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Are you a good listener? Do you like to get out and about? Do you want to make a difference?

Group61 (G61) is a mental health befriending program that connects members of the local community to volunteer Befrienders with the aim of creating connection and community through friendship. G61 is currently seeking volunteer Befrienders in and around the Redcliffe area.

Our volunteer Befrienders are matched with a Friend (a person in the community who is socially isolated and has a lived experience of mental illness) and they meet up for a couple of hours a week to partake in an activity such as going for a walk in the park, for a coffee, or to the library. By providing invaluable face to face connection and friendship, our Friends are supported to expand their social experiences and build their community networks.  As a volunteer Befriender, your responsibilities will include:

  • Complete program orientation
  • Provide reliable, positive support and friendship to a Friend
  • Meet regularly and maintain excellent communications with a Friend
  • Support and encourage a Friend to link in with local community
  • Attend regular group catch up with other volunteers in their region
  • Provide a monthly report on region to the Area Coordinator
  • Attend some of the Group61 social events.

G61 prides itself on being one big family, in volunteering with us you will be joining an incredible group of people who embody the values of Compassion, Hope, Empowerment and Justice. As a G61 volunteer you can expect:

  • A unique, exciting and well supported volunteering experience
  • Access to quality ongoing training opportunities
  • Opportunity to develop / improve practical work place skills
  • Sector networking opportunities
  • Reference upon completion of 1 year commitment

Please send through your expression of interest and we will contact you with further information. We look forward to hearing from you!

Group61 is an initiative of Wesley Mission Queensland.

You can not apply for this role as it is no longer available.