Association Visitor

Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND)

Description

Do you enjoy listening to and helping people? Are you looking for a volunteering role where you can do just that, and fits in around your family, studies or other commitments? By becoming an Association Visitor and donating your time, energy and skills, you can make a real difference to the lives of people affected by MND.

As an Association Visitor, you will:

• offer emotional support to people living with and affected by MND
• provide information to people living with MND, their carers and families
• help people living with MND make informed choices
• help people to access appropriate services / support
• explain how the MND Association can support people living with MND, their carers and families
• record information, following the MND Association guidelines and local protocols
• develop and maintain relationships with our local Branch or Group
• attend support and supervision meetings, as well as development events.

The time required is flexible, but we expect Association Visitors to commit to a minimum of 2 - 4 hours per week. For this role you need to be able to work as part of a team, liaise with health and social care professionals and have the ability to develop and maintain supportive relationships.

You’ll be inducted into the role and informed about the Association. As part of this, you will receive e-learning, face-to-face training and mentoring. The training programme will also include experiential and reflective learning.

About us:

MND is a fatal, rapidly progressive disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles refuse to work. It can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breath. It kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis, and it has no cure.

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND.

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Cause / Interests

• Disability
• Elderly
• Health and Hospital and Hospices
• Human and Civil Rights
• Mental Health
• Mentoring
• Poverty and Debt

Types of Activity

• Befriending and Buddying
• Campaigning and Lobbying
• Caring
• Community Work
• Computers, Technology and Website Design
• Fundraising
• Local Events
• Trusteeship and Committee Work

Skills and Qualifications