Program Manager, Connections

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Do you have a personal connection to mental illness, strong public speaking and organizational skills, and a passion for helping others? We’re looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer to be the Connection Program Manager at NAMI San Fernando Valley/Santa Clarita Valley. This person will help create and execute a plan to advertise, promote, and grow the Connection program throughout the Santa Clarita & San Fernando Valleys. Bringing this life-saving program to our community is impossible without the support of this role.

ABOUT NAMI’s Connection Recovery Support Program: NAMI’s Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. NAMI’s support groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure those in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what they need. The groups meet on a bi-weekly, weekly or monthly basis.

The Connection Program Manager will:

1. Actively explore and list us with online groups, blogs, etc. that promote support for peers. Keep a running document of ideas and share via Google Docs.
2. Use your research skill on the internet and tap in to any associations you may have to find places in the valley where we can hold groups.
3. Help make outreach presentations.
4. Help recruit and screen reliable, committed group facilitators and mentees.
5. Become a Connection facilitator, if not one already.
6. Build rapport with group members by making regular calls to keep them engaged.
7. Plan and organize monthly or bi-weekly fun group participants.
8. Report weekly group attendance data.
9. Complete brief program and training reports to NAMI California.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:

• A personal connection with mental health either through family, friends or personal ties
• Enthusiasm for helping people, their families, teachers and faculty around mental health-related issues
• Strong communication, public speaking, and organizational skills
• Polished professionalism
• Reliable transportation

ABOUT US: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation's largest volunteer-led grassroots organization helping individuals affected by mental illness. At NAMI San Fernando Valley/Santa Clarita Valley, we are proud to offer free support groups, educational programs, and outreach presentations to individuals and families affected by mental illness. We tirelessly fight the stigmatization of mental illness through our advocacy and outreach efforts to spread awareness in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley communities. To learn more, please visit our website at http://www.namisfv.org/.

TO APPLY: If you’re interested in this volunteer opportunity, click the "I Want to Help!" button now and be sure to include your email address and phone number. We’ll get in touch with you within 48 hours.