NAMI Family Support Group Facilitator

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NAMI Greater Toledo is seeking a facilitator for our NAMI Family Support Group. Our family support group is a support group designed for family members who are supporting a loved one living with a mental health diagnosis. It is offered every 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd Monday (excluding holidays) from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the NAMI Office - 4334 Secor Rd., Toledo, OH 43623. It is also offered the 4 th Monday of month via ZOOM from 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Criteria:

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

• Must be an active member of NAMI prior to taking the training andagree to maintain membership while serving as a Family Support Group facilitator.
• Must commit to arriving on time and completing every day of training (time/days listed above & below). Your NAMI affiliate may be billed for costs incurred by last-minute cancellations.
• Willingness to adhere to NAMI Family Support Group Facilitator policies and to facilitate each meeting as prescribed by NAMI National and the approved curriculum.
• 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 facilitators from your group.
• Willingness to encourage participants to become NAMI members.
• Must receive approval/endorsement form your local NAMI affiliate and/or NAMI Ohio.
• I am at a point in my life where I am familiar and comfortable with the emotional issues families face with relatives affected by a mental illness.
• I can self-disclose about my own feelings of guilt, anger, shame, ambivalence, and grief regarding my life situation.
• I am willing to participate in an intensive Saturday & Sunday training in accordance with NAMI standards.
• I am committed to make myself available to facilitate a regularly scheduled Family Support Group in accordance with the needs of my affiliate and/or NAMI Ohio for the next Two Years, if asked to do so. I understand that this commitment is for a support group scheduled at least once per month.
• I will work with my local affiliate and/or NAMI Ohio to market and offer a regularly scheduled Family Support Group within 3 months of this training.
• I understand that TWO facilitators are necessary for a support group session.

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