Interesting about this job
Volunteering at Ixta Noa is experienced as very meaningful. You always work together with colleagues, you know each other, and can be there for other people.
- To be able to mean something to another.
- A warm and pleasant place to work in a team with committed and enthusiastic colleagues for a diverse group of people where every day is a surprise.
- Opportunity to be able to start using your own vulnerability as a strength.
- Possibility to further develop yourself through additional (non-compulsory) training courses and workshops.
Job tasks and duties
We are looking for volunteers who have experience with a mental vulnerability (e.g. anxiety, depression, eating disorder, addiction, etc.) and have recovered from it.
You will work in our practice house on the walk-in, together with your colleagues you will rotate a half-day session.
What you will do includes:
- Providing a listening ear at the drop-in, "being there" for the visitors, playing a game together at the table.
- Individual talks with visitors as needed.
- Offering individual counselling to visitors with a mental vulnerability and/or addiction background.
- Support/arrange additional recovery-oriented activities such as creative activities, cooking, theme afternoons, education, guest lectures and the like.
- Do administrative tasks such as writing daily reports.
- Do household chores such as vacuuming, washing up.
- If you are very enthusiastic and can only do afternoons or mornings, please also feel free to get in touch.
Job skills and qualities
- Experience of mental vulnerability and- or addiction.
- Have recovered sufficiently from the vulnerability or addiction to be able to support others in this based on experiential expertise.
- In empathy.
- Social skills.
- Able to work at least two half-days.
- Able to go through mandatory training and education.
Extra information
Subscribing for volunteering can be done on the website: www.ixtanoa.nl - at the very top of the home page: Direct to-Subscribe.
You can also get acquainted first by dropping by our Practice House at Schuitendiep 39 or just call one of the volunteers, who are present at the time: tel 050 318 93 25. If you want to speak to someone in peace first, please make an appointment.
Job information
| Job type | Volunteer Work |
|---|---|
| Services | training, volunteer contract |
| Duration | indefinite |
| Hours per week | at least 8 hours |
| Work hours of your own choosing? | Yes |
| Location | Schuitendiep 39 |
Organisation address and information
Ixta Noa
Schuitendiep 39
9711 RB Groningen
Website: http://www.ixtanoa.nl