NAMI Family to Family Class Facilitator

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NAMI Greater Toledo is seeking a facilitator for our 8 week Family to Family Education Course. NAMI Family to Family is an evidence-based program and is taught by NAMI-trained family members with lived experience of caring for a loved one with a mental condition. The group setting of NAMI Family to Family provides mutual support and shared positive impact. In the program, you’ll learn about:

• How to solve problems and communicate effectively
• Taking care of yourself and managing your stress
• Supporting your loved one with compassion
• Finding and using local supports and services
• Up-to-date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain
• How to handle a crisis
• Current treatments and therapies
• The impact of mental health conditions on the entire family

Criteria:

Who qualifies? You, if you are a NAMI member who meets these guidelines:

• Must be a first-degree relative of an individual living with mental illness or have lived in a household for one or more years with a family member living with a mental illness.
• Must commit to arriving at the training on time and to completing all three days of training The training will begin on a Friday at 10:00 A.M. and end by 4:30 on Sunday. Your NAMI affiliate may be billed for costs incurred by last-minute cancellations.
• Agreement to adhere to Family-to-Family program policies and to teach the class as prescribed by NAMI National and the approved curriculum.
• Commitment to begin teaching Family-to-Family within 6 months of training.
• Commitment to teach two or more F2F classes over the next 2 years.
• Commitment to communicate with NAMI Ohio state office as requested.
• Commitment to provide group participant data to NAMI Ohio as required.
• Willingness to identify potential new teachers from your class.
• Willingness to encourage class participants to become NAMI members.
• Positive regard for, or personal experience with, mutual support.
• Must have an active membership in NAMI.
• Must be recommended by your home NAMI affiliate.

If interested, please contact Program Coordinator, Kristen Zientek, for more information: 419-243-1119 ext. 102 or kzientek@namitoledo.org