Community Support Volunteer for new local initiative - supporting young adults with learning disabilities

Minstead Trust has recently launched an exciting new, Totton based, community initiative for young adults with learning disabilities (aged 20-25years) who have recently left college. 

 The aim of the programme is to:

• build their confidence and safety in the community as they leave college
• gain experience of accessing community resources and learning to access them without support

The programme will run from Eling Tide Mill every Friday. 

• 10am – 11:30am – classroom based, workshop style activity 
• 11:30-12pm – (lunch) break
• 12 to 3pm –interactive and community based session focussing on the morning’s learning. It may support local travel training and possible sessions or outings in the community. 

The role of the volunteer is to support our staff team with the running of the sessions and offer individual encouragement to those people attending. 

Skills

Skills:

• Friendly, kind and approachable
• Great communication and interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic and motivational - yet able to recognise those moments which require patience and calm
• Reliable and trustworthy 
• Able to commit to a minimum of 6 months regular weekly volunteering (if possible) to help build strong and positive working relationships.