Long COVID Peer Facilitator Volunteer
The Brigstowe Project (The Peer Partnership)
| Name: | Long COVID Peer Facilitator Volunteer |
| Organisation: | The Brigstowe Project (The Peer Partnership) |
| Location: | The Peer Partnership, Easton Community Centre, Bristol, Bristol, BS5 6AW |
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Part Time
12 Months
Times: Between 4 & 8 hours per month (various times available during weekday daytimes, evenings and weekends) + 2-hour supervision per month.
Application deadline: 18th August. Interviews will take place over August. Start Date: September-October 2022
Must attend online training sessions at weekends in September.
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Description
We are providing Long COVID workshops and group peer support sessions for those living with Long COVID to help people improve their knowledge, confidence and ability to self-manage their condition, and we need people living with Long COVID to support these sessions. In this role you will be:
- Co-Facilitating workshops alongside health care professionals, providing people recently diagnosed with Long COVID with information about the condition and helping them to understand how to manage it independently.
- Facilitating group peer support sessions. With training and support, you will provide a welcoming and supportive space for people to share their experiences of living with long COVID, condition management and encourage wellbeing.
Tasks and Duties:
* Facilitating group peer support sessions. With training and support, you will provide a welcoming and supportive space for people to share their experiences of living with long COVID, condition management and encourage wellbeing.
* Co-Facilitating workshops alongside health care professionals, providing people recently diagnosed with Long COVID with information about the condition and helping them to feel confident in how to manage it independently.
* Provide support via sharing personal experiences, resources & information, tips/strategies on coping and a listening ear
* Attend monthly supervision
* To maintain confidentiality at all times
* To adhere to The Peer Partnership’s policies and procedures
* In-person sessions may be affected by official COVID restrictions and will be transferred to a digital format when necessary.
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Organisation Description
The Peer Partnership’s vision is a world where people with lived experience support others. We believe that one of the best ways of overcoming difficulties in your life is to speak to those who have experienced similar situations that you’ve been through.
We work toward this vision by providing peer support solutions, where people take their experiences in overcoming obstacles and barriers to living the life they want to lead, and share them with others facing similar circumstances.
The Peer Partnership wants to work with people living with long-term health conditions and organisations to create effective, safe, and user-led peer support services across Bristol and beyond. We want to be able to offer opportunities to share best practice with others designing, managing or implementing peer support, and provide all the necessary resources and skills to build successful projects and advocate the widespread acceptance and use of peer support as a valid and essential tool in supporting the resilience of people living with difficult circumstances.
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Cause / Interests
- Health and Hospital and Hospices
- Mental Health
Types of Activity
- Advice, Information and Support
Skills and Qualifications
Requirements
Personal Specifications:
You do not need to know everything about long COVID it’s your personal experience and enthusiasm to help others in the same situation we value.
We are looking for you to...
* Be living with Long COVID in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire
* Be willing to share your experiences
* Have the ability to work in a non-judgement, non-confrontational manner
* Have an empathetic manner
* Have good time management skills
* Have an understanding of working with vulnerable adults is desirable
* Have excellent and sensitive communication skills, verbal, listening and written
* Have respect and commitment to diversity and equal opportunities
Benefits
Skills and Experience likely to be developed from the role:
* An understanding of supporting people living with and affected by long COVID
* Knowledge of condition management
* Transferable skills such as confidence, communication, presentation skills, boundaries and confidentiality etc.
Training & Support Provided:
* Peer facilitation Induction training and further training as identified
* Ongoing personal development training
* Monthly supervision sessions
* Reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses (up to a reasonable amount)
Additional/Specific Suitabilities
| Minimum Age: | 18 | |
| Maximum Age: | NA | |
| Disabled Access: | Yes | |
| Wheelchair Access: | Yes | |
| Expenses: | Out of Pocket Expenses | |
| Restrictions: | Wheelchair and Disabled Access is available at Easton Community Centre. | |
| Induction: | NA | |
| Insurance Cover: | NA | |
| Special Needs: | NA | |
| Offer: | NA | |
| Training: | Yes – initial training online in September | |
| Other: | NA |
Recruitment Method
Application form, DBS Check, Interview