Role Description Group Leader Assistant Group Leader

Responsible to: Volunteer Development Manager

Main purpose: To lead a group for young people and adults affected by congenital heart disease.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the group adheres to the ground rules
• Ensure everyone has a chance to participate
• Organise venue and refreshments for meetings
• Promote meetings locally
• Organise meeting programme/agenda
• Maintain a relationship with the local GUCH clinic (if appropriate)
• Organise speakers and social events as appropriate
• Provide information and resources at meetings
• Raise funds to cover venue and refreshment costs
• Pick up local issues and pass them onto GUCH PA's staff
• Record keeping

Requirements:

• Knowledge of day-to-day issues affecting people affected by congenital heart conditions
• Friendly and open
• Sensitive to others
• Facilitation skills
• Good organisational skills
• Be able to offer a service in a non-judgemental and non-discriminatory manner
• To work to the high standards set by GUCH PA
• Work within GUCH PA's policies and procedures
• Attend ongoing training
• Willing to undergo a Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) check

Based at: Local venue

Commitment: A couple of hours per month

GUCH PA offers volunteers:

• Initial training
• Ongoing training
• Resource pack
• Group start-up budget
• Support
• Skill development
• Payment of reasonable expenses