Next Chapter Book Club’ – Volunteer Facilitators – A weekly book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Volunteering opportunities

Position title: Volunteer Facilitators
Position type: Community services/health
Time commitment: Ongoing
Days required: 1
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: TBC
Position description summary: ‘Next Chapter Book Club’ – Volunteer Facilitators – A
weekly book club for adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities Location: Pakenham Library
With training, and ongoing support from the Book Club
Program Coordinator, the Volunteer Facilitator guides
activities in weekly, community-based book clubs for
adolescents and adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. The primary function of this
position is to promote social connectedness and
community inclusion for book club members. Working in
a team of two or three, the Volunteer Facilitator also
provides the Next Chapter Book Club (NCBC) Program
Coordinator with regular feedback. The Facilitator will: · Attend weekly, one-hour book club meetings at
Pakenham library (time TBC, can be flexible) · Notify
NCBC Program Coordinator two weeks in advance if
needing a new book and assist/guide book club
members in the selection of books to read · Use
activities and strategies learned in training to promote
social connections and community inclusion among
book club members · Respect the talent, abilities and
privacy of all book club members Selection Criteria · Ability to make a minimum commitment of six months · Desire and commitment to work with adolescents and
adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(previous experience is not necessary, but may be
helpful) · Demonstrated understanding of the role of
public libraries in communities · Good interpersonal and
communication skills with the ability to communicate
with all ages across all levels of community · Patience
and tolerance · Understanding of and respect for our
diverse community · Punctual and reliable · Ability to
work in a group setting · Ability to travel to weekly book
club meetings · Ability to take directions from staff · Police check · Maintain client confidentiality · Driver’s
licence · Current Working with Children card Time
Required: 2 hours per week for minimum of 6 months,
excluding School Holidays
Contact name: Rebecca Mitchem
Contact phone number: 0437 864 592
Contact email: rebecca.mitchem@cclc.vic.gov.au
Organisation: Casey Cardinia libraries
Organisation description: Public Library
Organisation website: https://www.cclc.vic.gov.au
Organisation address: 6 John Street Pakenham