Family Support Group Facilitator (Virtual & In person options)

Opportunity Details Family Support Group Facilitator (Virtual & In person options) NAMI Greater Cleveland | https://namigreatercleveland.org/ To apply, please click here to be directed to our volunteer/intern application. NAMI Family Support Group Facilitators are trained NAMI leaders who lead NAMI Family Support Groups. They play an important role in ensuring all participants feel welcomed and supported. NAMI Family Support Group Facilitators are uniquely qualified to lead support groups because they are personally a family member or ‘like family’ friend of a loved one living with mental illness. By utilizing NAMI-trained support group methods, they empathize with and encourage those who are just beginning the journey to a renewed life. A NAMI Family Support Group Facilitator ensures that the group shares responsibility for maintaining guidelines, sustains clear participant boundaries, clarifies goals, and reinforces communication skills that encourage group participation. Minimum Requirements For Volunteer Facilitator Are personally a family member or ‘like family’ friend of a loved one living with mental illnessCommitted to facilitating or co-facilitating Family Support Groups in his/her community for a minimum of one yearRespects his/her own emotional and physical resources and limitationsAs a facilitator, does not act in the capacity of therapist or any other health professionalAdheres to the integrity of the NAMI Family Support Group model. Demonstrates this at each group by utilizing the facilitation tools and skills he/she has been trained by NAMI to provideFacilitates each meeting to the best of his/her abilityWillingness to participate in continued development to provide the best support group experience possible and continually improve facilitator skillsRespects cultural and lifestyle differences of group participantsUnderstands that his/her behaviors reflect on the integrity and perception of NAMI and the programs NAMI offers and, therefore, keeps personal opinions and actions separate from those made as a NAMI leaderIs (or willing to become) a member of NAMI To officially apply, please click here to be directed to our volunteer/intern application. Issue Area(s) Family Services Population Served Families Requirements Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+, Minimum Age:18+