Mental Health Volunteer(‘Roshani’)

September 19, 2024
Volunteering Opportunities
Healthy Minds
Halifax Academy, Gibbet St, Halifax HX2 0BA

Healthy Minds is Calderdale's independent, user-led mental health charity. Roshani (Urdu for “Light”) is one of the specialist mental health education project working to increase awareness of mental health issues and challenge stigma for Asian communities in particular.

About the Organisation

Healthy Minds is a mental health charity which believes in the importance of connecting people with similar experiences of poor mental health to each other so they can support one another to feel better. We believe that people are the experts of themselves and we strive to empower them to make choices over their own lives. We do this by providing support and activity groups in which like-minded people can get together to talk, share and listen.

About the Role

We are looking for women over the age of 18 to co-facilitate an anxiety and depression support group for South Asian women. Personal experience of mental health difficulties would be welcome and also people who wish to help and support others with similar experiences in their own community. Volunteers will lend an ear and chat with people, making sure everyone feels welcome and valued. Speakers of another language are encouraged to apply

What are we looking for?

What will you get from us?

Volunteers should have personal experience of mental health difficulties and be passionate about making a difference to the lives of others living with mental ill-health. You should be an excellent listener, feel comfortable with difficult conversations and have personal experience of mental health issues. We are looking for bi-lingual volunteers, ideally speakers of either Urdu or Punjabi alongside English.

Volunteers will get free, fun and informative training about groupwork and helping others in a supporting role. You will work closely with the Healthy Minds project worker to support Drop-Ins and other future developments. Volunteers will have an opportunity to expand their roles in other areas of the organisation if they wish to. Volunteers will receive one-to-one support from the project worker and peer support from the rest of the volunteer team. All expenses are covered.

When do we need you?

Additional Requirements

Please apply as soon as possible

Volunteers with additional needs should talk to the Volunteer Manager and every effort will be made to accommodate these where we can. You will need to complete an application form, and meet our Volunteer Manager, Cath, for a chat over a brew and complete a full (but fun!) training programme. For all vacancies, please fill out the form on the website or contact Cath to express your interest: cath@healthymindscalderdale.co.uk or 01422 345154. To find out more about Roshani, contact Neelam on 01422 345154 / mobile 07947 110403 / email neelam@healthymindscalderdale.co.uk

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