Vital Skills: Support & Supervision (London)

1:30pm-4:30pm, Tuesday 15th March 2011
NCVO Regent's Warf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL

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This course will help project staff identify the different ways of supporting their befrienders and find the balance that suits everyone best.

"Satisfaction with the support and supervision they receive is a key factor in keeping people volunteering."
—The Institute for Volunteering Research

What’s the purpose of support and supervision for volunteers? What’ s the difference between support and supervision and when does support become counselling? Do new volunteers take up all your time? Is it difficult to get experienced volunteers to turn up for supervision?

This course will help project staff identify the different ways of supporting their befrienders and find the balance that suits everyone best. This half day course will help participants by:

  • Identifying the purpose of support and supervision for volunteer befrienders and how it helps them in their role
  • Drawing up an agenda for support and supervision
  • Pondering the question "how much support and supervision is right for volunteers at different stages of their match?"
  • Identifying the skills that are involved in being a supportive befriending worker
  • Looking at how to offer support in terms of: creating a good environment, finding the right time and asking the right questions.

Previous participants said:

"This course will help me to provide constructive and focussed support & supervision for my volunteers."

"It’s provided me a clear, manageable and thorough agenda, set of guidelines and procedures for supervision."

"It helped me to look at volunteer motivation and how to monitor change, the trainer was excellent, there was a good mix of exercises, information giving and still time to share ideas and experiences."

Cost

£42.50 per delegate for members (£52 for non-members). Alternatively, members can book all nine sessions of Vital Skills in Befriending for £345 (£370 in London). When booking the nine-course package, use the discount code 'v1tal' at checkout to obtain your discount.

Members book online – Login | Join Now
We also accept training course bookings for non-members. If you would like to book a place on this course, please email admin@befriending.co.uk.