Volunteering

Active Minds Group Facilitators

We are currently recruiting for Active Minds group facilitators. Anyone with qualifications in Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, Keep Fit, Run Leaders, or any other fun, movement-based activity is more than welcome to get in touch.

Buddies

We are also recruiting for Buddies who attend the activities alongside the members, playing a game of table tennis, or badminton, or just chatting with them on a bench at the allotment. These valuable interactions can help to boost our members confidence and help them to feel at ease when attending.

Anyone interested in the above roles are more than welcome to apply using the application form below.

Active Minds Volunteer Application Form

Hours:                 4 hours per week, Monday – Saturday

Location:             Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space – Whitgift Centre, Croydon (and other locations that may be used in the future)

As part of the Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space we are recruiting for volunteers who understand the benefits and housing process to support clients with form filling in order to apply to the services that meet their needs and requirements.

You’ll need to be able to establish good relationships with people from different backgrounds and have some understanding of mental health and local benefits and legislation procedures.

We’ll support and train you as one of our volunteers, which could be the first step of a new career in mental health.

To apply please send your CV and a short Covering Letter to rachel@mindincroydon.org.uk explaining:

• Why would you like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the role description?
• What benefits you can bring to the role?

At Mind in Croydon we value diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Hours:                 4 hours per week, Monday – Saturday

Location:             Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space – Whitgift Centre, Croydon (and other locations that may be used in the future)

As part of the Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space we are recruiting for volunteers who understand how connecting people to local services improves their mental health and wellbeing. You’ll be welcoming people into the space and helping to support people with mental health problems by signposting them to local organisations that meet their mental health and wellbeing needs.  

You’ll need to be able to establish good relationships with people from different backgrounds and have some understanding of mental health and what resources there are locally.

We’ll support and train you as one of our volunteers, which could be the first step of a new career in mental health.

To apply please send your CV and a short Covering Letter to rachel@mindincroydon.org.uk explaining:

• Why would you like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the role description?
• What benefits you can bring to the role?

At Mind in Croydon we value diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Title:                    CHWS Support Volunteer 

Hours:                 4 hours per week, Monday – Saturday

Location:             Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space – Whitgift Centre, Croydon (and other locations that may be used in the future)

As part of the Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space we are recruiting for volunteers who understand how connecting people to local services improves their mental health and wellbeing. You’ll be welcoming people into the space and helping to support people with mental health problems by signposting them to local organisations that meet their mental health and wellbeing needs.  

You’ll need to be able to establish good relationships with people from different backgrounds and have some understanding of mental health and what resources there are locally.

We’ll support and train you as one of our volunteers, which could be the first step of a new career in mental health.

CHWS Support Volunteer Role Description – Sep 2024

To apply please send your CV and a short Covering Letter to rachel@mindincroydon.org.uk explaining:

• Why would you like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the role description?
• What benefits you can bring to the role?

At Mind in Croydon we value diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Counsellor Trainee Placements

Counselling placements at Mind in Croydon provide invaluable opportunities for trainee counsellors to develop their skills and learn how to integrate theory into practice; enabling them to qualify on their courses, and gain enhanced clinical experience as a therapist.

At Mind in Croydon, we invest in training and mentoring to support your growth. Our dedicated clinical teams and qualified supervisors help you to develop your skills as you work with a wide range of clients suffering depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. All our placement therapists work weekly with a caseload of three clients that fully supports your clinical hours required towards accreditation. All placements are currently held face-to-face at our office in Purley.

We take registered student counsellors, psychotherapists, counselling psychologists and those working towards qualifying and accreditation with BACP, UKCP or BPS.

To apply for a placement you must:

• be a trainee counsellor, student counsellor, psychotherapist or counselling psychologist in the second year of your study either on
  a diploma/Degree/Masters/PhD course.
• be able to dedicate time for seeing 3 clients a week and supervision every 2 weeks.
• have a letter from your tutor or college to say you are ready for clinical work on a voluntary placement at Mind in Croydon.
• be in personal therapy and will continue therapy throughout your placement with Mind in Croydon.

For more information or to apply contact us on 020 8763 2064 or counselling@mindincroydon.org.uk

Counsellor Application Form

Recovery Space Volunteers Needed

We are currently looking for volunteers who speak other languages and are willing to act as translators for our clients.

We embrace the multi-cultural aspects of the borough of Croydon and for this reason The Recovery Space are looking for people who speak additional languages fluently (all languages welcome) to join our team of bank volunteers to support our clients in crisis who need access to translation services.

The Recovery Space offers a safe, non-clinical, supportive environment for people experiencing a social mental health crisis and our “RS Language Volunteers” will help remove the barrier that language can present to accessing our service.

This would involve translating sessions live for our staff remotely (or in person where necessary)

so that clients in crisis can communicate with our staff.

All volunteers will receive training and will need to be DBS checked (we can provide this service) and will have regular supervision and check ins.

Contact recoveryspace@mindincroydon.org.uk for more information.