Volunteering

Trustee

For SAGE Counselling

Register your Interest

Sage Counselling is looking for a Trustee to join our friendly team.

Benefits of becoming a Trustee:

• Develop new skills.
• Meet new people.
• Try something new.
• Gain a new perspective.

The duties of a trustee are:

• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, organisation law, and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objectives as defined in its governing document.
• To ensure the organisation applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its beneficiaries.
• To contribute actively to the board of trustees' role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.

We look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in discussing or applying for this role!

Skills

Trustee person specification:

• Integrity.
• An understanding of the needs of the client group served by SAGE Counselling.
• Some interest or experience in Counselling would be useful to help you understand our work but not essential.
• A commitment to the organisation and its objectives.
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship.
• A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to their duties as a trustee.
• Strategic vision.
• Good, independent judgement.
• An ability to think creatively.
• A willingness to speak their mind.
• An ability to work effectively as a member of a team.

About SAGE Counselling

Sage Counselling provides an affordable counselling service for adults with limited mobility. Limited mobility can be due to age, stroke or disablement and mental health issues such as agoraphobia or severe depression which makes accessing other counselling services difficult or impossible. We also see carers who would need to find alternative care while attending counselling away from home.
A counsellor will visit clients within their own home, hospital, care home or hospice. Sessions can be in person or remotely via telephone or online platform i.e. Zoom.

Details

• Yes - DBS check required
• Yes - Equality and Diversity Policy
• Yes - Expenses reimbursed
• Yes - Health and Safety Policy
• Yes - Is it fully accessible
  Work from home. Yearly attendance at Sullington Parish Hall.
• Yes - Ongoing support
• No - Suitable for physical or sensory impairment
• No - Suitable for Under 18's
• Yes - Training provided
• Yes - Volunteer induction
• Yes - Volunteer Policy
• Yes - Volunteers covered by insurance
• Yes - Written role description

Availability

We meet quarterly for an hour on Saturday mornings. You would also be invited to the Management meeting immediately after the Trustee meeting where you can interact with the other members of staff who run Sage Counselling and get involved with decisions. We also hold interim meetings with the management Committee once a quarter on a weekday evening, to ensure we are all up to date. You will gain a greater depth of understanding about how Sage Counselling is run and be a part of the growth and changes we make to improve our service for clients, counsellors and staff.

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