Reading Community Learning Centre (RCLC) are looking for a Befriending Facilitator to set up and start our Befriending Service to ensure that mental health and wellbeing of the migrant, refugee and asylum seeking women are a top priority. As the Befriending Facilitator you’ll recruit, train, and supervise volunteers to become befrienders and buddies to our service users

All you need is:

• Experience in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers
• A keen interest in working with and supporting vulnerable ethnic minority migrant and refugee women
• The ability to work over 2/3 days per week for 14 hours
• Have access to a car for work purposes

We appreciate that this may be a development opportunity for you, and we welcome your application even if you don’t meet all of the essential criteria. So if you have the ability to develop any gaps in knowledge and experience please do apply.

Further information

Under the Equality Act 2010 and due to the nature of our group where we work closely with vulnerable women we will be considering female applicants only for this role.

This 1-year post is part-time 14 hours per week and is based in Reading.