Interesting about this job
Ixta Noa offers you a nice team to work in, a place where you can and may be yourself, and where you can practice, for example, indicating limits or building up your capacity. The days and hours you are available are negotiable. Ixta Noa offers a volunteer allowance of up to €160 including travel expenses, and an annual volunteer outing.
Do you have experience with mental health problems and have you overcome these problems or learned to deal with them in a healthy way? If you want to use your experience to support others in their recovery process, then working at Ixta Noa might be for you!
For our drop-in facilities in Uithuizen and Winsum, we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who want to guide the drop-in sessions.
Job tasks and duties
Before you become a drop-in volunteer, you first spend some time at our location(s). You will then learn how to use your expertise by experience during Ixta Noa's basic training. After this training, you can also guide visitors individually in taking steps towards recovery. While working, you are never alone. At Ixta Noa, we are there for each other and that's why we accompany you every step of the way.
As a volunteer, you are the driving force behind Ixta Noa. You have great added value with your knowledge and experience. At the drop-in, you are there for visitors. Visitors may need a listening ear, a game, a conversation or just a safe place to be themselves. You also have the space to (help organise), for example, creative afternoons, theme meetings or other activities.
Job skills and qualities
We set a number of conditions for volunteering within Ixta Noa. If you want to volunteer within the organisation, it is important that you:
- Are open about your own experiences and can talk about them with healthy distance.
- Have sufficient self-reflection.
- Have good communication skills.
- Can work collaboratively.
- Are willing to learn.
- Are willing to attend Ixta Training Courses.
- You are employable for at least one year.
- Are willing to participate in work meetings and peer review meetings.
- Able to perform light administrative and domestic tasks.
- Have sufficient time to carry out the work.
Extra information
In Uithuizen, the drop-in is open on Tuesdays from 11:00 to 15:00 and on Fridays from 09:30 to 12:00. In Winsum, we are open on Thursdays from 11:00 to 15:00. As a volunteer, you will be there 15 minutes beforehand to get everything ready, and/or stay 15 minutes after closing time to help clean up.
Do you have any questions, or would you like to contribute to our fine organisation? Then send an email to hethogeland@ixtanoa.nl or call 06-21200732!
Job information
| Job type | Volunteer Work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Services | travel expenses, volunteer reimbursement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | indefinite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hours per week | at least 4 hours, max 12 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Work hours of your own choosing? | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Youth Centre Express, Sportlaan 6 in Uithuizen & Cultural Centre De Blauwe Schuit, Warfstraat 1 in Winsum. |
Organisation address and information
Ixta Noa
Schuitendiep 39
9711 RB Groningen
Website: http://www.ixtanoa.nl