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.