Recovery Focus
Activities Volunteer
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Activities Volunteer
Locations: Amadeus House, 18 Corfton Road, Ealing, London, W5 2HT
Timings: Flexible (maximum of 15 hours per week)
About Waythrough
Waythrough provides specialist support across mental health, alcohol, drugs, and related areas. We deliver high-quality, evidence-based services designed around the real needs of the people we serve.
Every year, we support around 125,000 people through over 250 services - and it's all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.
Make a real difference in your community
Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing, or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.
About the Role
The Crisis Recovery House supports people experiencing a mental health crisis, as an alternative to hospital admission, where appropriate. It also helps individuals discharged from hospital who need a brief period of intensive support.
As an Activities Volunteer, you will play a key role in creating a welcoming and engaging environment for service users. You will co-facilitate group sessions, assist with planning and running activities and events, and support the smooth operation of day-to-day service activities.
This role is central to Waythrough’s recovery-focused approach and offers a chance to make a real difference in people’s lives.
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Tasks may include:
- Co-facilitate group sessions with service users, ensuring they feel supported and included.
- Help plan and deliver activities such as creative workshops, gentle exercise, social outings, and educational sessions.
- Assist with organizing and running events within the service.
- Meet and greet service users, helping them feel comfortable and informed.
- Provide practical support for general day-to-day activities within the service.
- Prepare materials and resources for sessions and events.
Skills/Qualities
We would like you to bring the following skills and qualities to the role:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with service users in a welcoming and supportive manner.
- Ability to co-facilitate group sessions confidently and inclusively.
- Good organizational skills and flexibility to assist with a variety of activities and events.
- Good IT skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to keep a track of multiple tasks and report back on progress.
- Caring, understanding, and non-judgmental approach towards people with lived experience and using mental health services.
- Confident to contact people by email/phone.
- Reliable, with good timekeeping.
- Able to work as part of a team, on own initiative, and to instruction.
- An understanding of Waythrough – information is available on our website.
- A genuine interest in being part of the mission and vision of Waythrough.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, professional boundaries, adhere to Waythrough policies and media guidelines, engage in supervision, and complete relevant training.
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What We Offer
We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy:
- Discounts from various schemes.
- Training and personal development.
- A chance to make a real difference in people’s lives.
- Free induction and role-specific training.
- Support from experienced staff and regular supervision.
- Opportunities to meet new people and develop your confidence.
- Reimbursement for travel and agreed expenses.
- Valuable experience that can support your personal or career development.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.
We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.
If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team: recruitmentteam@waythrough.org.uk
How to Apply
If you’re viewing this advert on an external platform such as Indeed, please click ‘Apply via company website’ to view the full job description and submit your application.
Please note that while this role has a stated closing date, we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a high number of applications.
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