Stand up for your client as a mentor in Woerden and surroundings.
As a mentor, you stand up for the care interests of someone with an illness or disability, who has no family or loved ones to support them. You support your client in making decisions in care and welfare. Renske is Ilse's mentor. Ilse has an intellectual disability and finds it difficult to make her own decisions in care and welfare. As a mentor, Renske is Ilse's legal representative and confidant. She visits her regularly and then they go for a walk or play a game. She also helps her make choices such as whether or not to have vaccinations or surgery. Renske also ensures that agreements made are complied with through consultation with Ilse's care providers. For Ilse, mentorship means maintaining her own control. Renske finds mentorship an enrichment of her life. Renske is one of the 370 volunteer mentors of the Stichting Mentorschap Noordwest en Midden. Our Foundation offers mentorship to adults with an intellectual or psychiatric disability, dementia or non-congenital brain injury. The Foundation trains and guides you in your role as a mentor. In addition to Ilse, there are many more people looking for a mentor, so become a mentor in Woerden and the surrounding area! What do you get as a mentor? • challenging volunteer work with content and personal contact • work with a large personal input, which you can flexibly organize • training and guidance • a monthly expense allowance Are you the person who: • can empathize well with others • has good communication skills and dares to make decisions • has been educated at least at MBO-4 level • is available at least 4 hours per month Then contact coordinator Joost for a further introduction.
