Carer Support Group Volunteer (Cambridgeshire Branch)

What you will be doing

• Ensure carers are informed when support group meetings are coming up (via official Branch NAS e-mail, social media or text, for example)
• Advertising the support group (posters, leaflets, etc.)
• Attending the monthly support group sessions.
• Signposting to other support, professionals, organisations etc.
• Welcoming new members.
• Liaising with other volunteers to ensure there are two volunteers present for the duration of the meeting.

The skills you need

• Confident communicating with group members and listening to their experiences.
• Organised and able to plan ahead.
• Approachable
• Confident in taking the lead at introducing themselves and speaking to new people attending the group.
• An ability to make new people feel welcome
• Experience of living or working with children and/or adults diagnosed with autism (eg current volunteers are parents).

When and where

• Time commitment: approx. 2 hours on one evening per month
• We run the carer support group monthly (currently the first Tuesday of every month, 7.30-9pm at a venue in North Cambridge)
• All other planning for the group to be home-based