Facilitate a Peer support group

About the Support Group:

The NAMI Peer Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by trained leaders who've been there.

Responsibilities:

Co-facilitate a 90-minute support group using the structured NAMI support group model.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for support group participants.
Respect the privacy of support group participants by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

An individual living with a mental health condition.
Available to co-facilitate at least once per month.
Available for a 2 to 3-day [free] training.
Familiar with the Zoom platform.
Active membership with NAMI Jacksonville.
Bilingual is a plus!

Facilitate a Family support group

About the Support Group:

The NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences.

Responsibilities:

Co-facilitate a 90-minute support group using the structured NAMI support group model.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for support group participants.
Respect the privacy of support group participants by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

A loved one of an individual living with a mental health condition.
Available to co-facilitate at least once per month.
Available for a 2 to 3-day [free] training.
Familiar with the Zoom platform.
Active membership with NAMI Jacksonville.
Bilingual is a plus!

Become a youth speaker with "Ending the Silence"

About the Program:

The NAMI Ending the Silence presentation is an engaging 1-hour presentation that helps audience members learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if you or a loved one are showing symptoms of a mental health condition. NAMI Ending the Silence presentations include two leaders: one who shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition who shares their journey of recovery. Audience members can ask questions and gain an understanding of an often-misunderstood topic. Through dialogue, we can help grow the movement to end stigma.

Responsibilities:

Co-present 1-hour program using the structured NAMI facilitation model.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for support group participants.
Respect the privacy of support group participants by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

A young adult (18-35) in recovery with a mental health condition or an adult living with a mental health condition or a family member of a person living with a mental health condition.
Available to co-present program at least twice per year.
Available for a 2 to 3-day [free] training.
Familiar with the Zoom platform.
Active membership with NAMI Jacksonville.
Bilingual is a plus!

Share your story for "In Our Own Voice" presentation

About the Program:

The NAMI In Our Own Voice presentation changes attitudes, assumptions, and ideas about people with mental health conditions. These free, 40-, 60- or 90-minute presentations provide a personal perspective of mental health conditions, as leaders with lived experience talk openly about what it's like to have a mental health condition.

Responsibilities:

Co-facilitate presentation using the structured NAMI support group model.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for support group participants.
Respect the privacy of support group participants by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

An adult (18+) in recovery with a mental health condition.
Available to co-facilitate program at least twice per year.
Available for a 2 to 3-day [free] training.
Familiar with the Zoom platform.
Active membership with NAMI Jacksonville.
Bilingual is a plus!

Join or Create a NAMI On Campus club at your college or university

About NAMI on Campus:

NAMI on Campus clubs work to end the stigma that makes it hard for students to talk about mental health and get the help they need. Clubs hold creative meetings, hold innovative awareness events, and offer signature Nami programs through partnerships with Nami State Organizations and Affiliates across the nation.

Responsibilities:

Co-lead a high school or university club using the NAMI on Campus structure and the NAMI name.
Available to coordinate with NAMI Jacksonville on a monthly basis
Coordinate with high school or college or university leadership

Qualification:

Current student in high school or college or university student
Active membership with NAMI Jacksonville.
Bilingual is a plus!

Navigate help seekers from the NAMI Jacksonville Helpline

About NAMI Jacksonville's Helpline:

NAMI Jacksonville's Helpline helps to guide individuals and families in need of mental health resources. We offer guidance and compassion to those experiencing mental health issues. Using trained volunteers, we provide assistance in navigating local resources, leaning information about mental illness, or connecting to others who have lived experience. The NAMI Jacksonville helpline is not a manned crisis hotline and volunteers return calls and messages in 24 hours.

Responsibilities:

Respond to help seekers within 24 hours.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for help seekers.
Listen with a compassionate ear.
Respect the privacy of help seekers by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

An adult (18+) in recovery with a mental health condition or a family member, caregiver, or friend of a loved one with a mental health condition.
Available to serve on the helpline for at least 6 months.
Available for a 2 hour (free) training.
Familiar with technology to efficiently check phone messaging systems and email.
Active Membership with NAMI Jacksonville
Bilingual is a plus!

Teach a NAMI signature Family to Family class

About the Program:

The NAMI Family-to-Family program is a free, 8-session educational program for families, significant others, and friends of people with mental health conditions. It is a designated evidenced-based program. This means that research shows that the program significantly improves the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to a person with a mental health condition.

Responsibilities:

Co-facilitate an 8-session program using the structured NAMI support group model.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for support group participants.
Respect the privacy of help seekers by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

An adult (18+) family member (e.g., parents, siblings, adult children, spouses, partners, etc.) of an individual living with a mental health condition.
Available to co-facilitate at least twice per year.
Available for a 2 to 3-day [free] training.
Familiar with the Zoom platform.
Active Membership with NAMI Jacksonville
Bilingual is a plus!

Teach a NAMI signature Peer to Peer class

About the Program:

The NAMI Peer-to-Peer program is a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. The program is taught by trained leaders with lived experience, this program includes activities, discussions, and informative videos.

Responsibilities:

Co-facilitate an 8-session program using the structured NAMI support group model.
Provide a safe and respectful environment for support group participants.
Respect the privacy of help seekers by creating an environment of confidentiality.

Qualification:

An adult (18+) in recovery with a mental health condition.
Available to co-facilitate at least twice per year.
Available for a 2 to 3-day [free] training.
Familiar with the Zoom platform.
Active Membership with NAMI Jacksonville
Bilingual is a plus!

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