Volunteer

Description

Solace Cafe is a much needed new service opened in Summer 2024 in Sligo town by Sligo Social Services in partnership with the HSE. It will provide an out-of-hours friendly and supportive community crisis prevention and crisis response service in the evenings and at weekends in a café style/non-clinical safe environment through social, peer support, crisis intervention and recovery-based supports and services. The café service will support individuals and their family members/carers to deal with an immediate crisis and to plan safely drawing on their strengths, resilience, and coping mechanisms to manage their mental health and wellbeing.
Attendees can access coping strategies, one to one peer support, psychosocial and recovery supports. Those who attend will be signposted to relevant mental health and well-being services and community supports as required.

The Solace Café volunteer role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a new and innovative service, providing a great opportunity to someone to utulize the skills they have, or for those who wish to progress to a career in health or social care.

-You will be part of a team ensuring that people who come to the Café are welcomed and given the opportunity to engage in activities if they wish to do so.
-You will play an important role in ensuring that people who come to the Café are heard, and that their needs are understood and listened to.
-You will provide refreshments to people using the service.
-You will work alongside Café staff to deliver activities in a calm and nurturing environment

Is training provided?:Yes

Please note that Garda Vetting is required for this position which will be processed with you after you apply.

Benefits of Volunteering:

The Solace Café volunteer role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a new and innovative service, providing a great opportunity to someone to utulize the skills they have, or for those who wish to progress to a career in health or social care.

Details of time commitment needed for role:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday evenings

Minimum time commitment per week:
3 hours p/week

Sustainable Development Goal:

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