Volunteer Yoga Instructor

About the role
Could you use your Yoga practice to support people making positive changes to their substance use, helping them to maintain physical and mental well-being?

Enable is a Substance Misuse Service which is run in partnership with the NHS & Humankind. The team operates from 2 sites in Enfield to provide a wide range of substance misuse services to local residents, including substitute prescribing, community detox, criminal justice interventions, community care assessments, a group work programme, and primary health care.

We would love to involve a volunteer who is qualified in yoga to lead yoga sessions at our Edmonton site, once a week or every other week, helping some of the most vulnerable members of society.

Details of the role:

• Leading a yoga session for people accessing our service – referrals to the session will be discussed with the volunteer
• Signposting to other activity / support the service and partners offer
• Liaising with staff and service users to gain feedback about the service which helps inform decisions and support
• Attending one-to-one supervisions to reflect on client sessions and experience of the role
• Adhering to policies related to areas such as safeguarding, information governance and health and safety
• Location:
• Enable’s Claverings site is in Edmonton, the nearest train station is Edmonton Green. It is also on a bus route.

Timings:
The sessions could be on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - we aim to work around volunteers’ availability - 1-1.5 hours each week or each fortnight. We ask that people anticipate being able to volunteer for 6 months or more.

Training:
Volunteers have access to Humankind’s training platform, Learningkind, and will be asked to complete a number of training modules within their first 3 months, many of these are e-learning modules. One session on Safeguarding is delivered by trainers via Zoom, and is 6 hours (with breaks) – there are a range of dates but please do keep this in mind.

We would love you to bring to this role:

• A recognised qualification in yoga
• A confident and friendly approach
• Basic IT skills
• An understanding of the importance of guidelines and procedures relating to key areas such as safeguarding and information governance
• A respectful and non-judgemental manner
• Willingness to attend and complete relevant training
• Willingness to attend regular supervision sessions with your supervisor
• What Volunteers can expect from us:
• Regular supervision and support
• Experience working in an NHS backed organisation
• Induction and access to online and face to face training
• To utilise their skills / experience in a setting with service users
• To feel part of a team and the wider Humankind organisation
• Reasonable travel expenses reimbursed with proof of journey
• Opportunities to progress and experience other areas of Humankind's work in the region

Our workplace values are:
Honest: we are open and realistic, building trusted relationships in which we challenge, collaborate and change.
Committed: we are passionate about being the best that we can be, and we do this by keeping people at the heart of everything that we do.
Inventive: we are ambitious, drawing together skills and resources to innovate and adapt in determined pursuit of our mission.

Salary Period

Per Annum

Vacancy Salary Range

Volunteer

DBS Requirement

Basic

Driving licence required for role?

No

Applications Close Date

15 Mar 2023