Volunteering

Volunteer Work

The association’s volunteer work is versatile. Our volunteers can do traditional support person work, that is supporting mental health rehabilitants and young people who encounter challenges in shifting to independent living. Secondly, one can act as a dedicated support person for a crisis center client. Thirdly, one can be a support person for the whole association, thus engage one's talents and skills in the association's activities and different events. Activities are based on the work committed by volunteering support persons and professional support provided by the organization. In addition, we offer group activities to the target groups mentioned above.

Support Person Activity

Hyvinkää region Association for Mental Health organizes support person courses 1-2 times per year for those who wish to work as volunteers. Support person activity is goal-oriented and coordinated activity done in cooperation with supported healthcare authorities. A support person can be in long-term support relationships or act as a dedicated support person in support relationships that last for three months and are related to life crises like divorce and bankruptcy. A dedicated support person is a peer support person, who has first-hand experience of a similar life crisis and recovering from it. Those acting as support persons can also participate in the support person course. On the course they will become familiar with the values and activities of the association, thus gaining the capability to act alongside association workers in promoting good mental health.

A well suited support person is a regular adult who has their life in control, as well as the time and desire to do volunteer work. Those desiring to be support persons are interviewed before the beginning of the course. A support person is in touch with the supported approximately once a week. In addition, support persons can work at the crisis line for three hours once a week. These volunteers will receive additional training. Recreational activities and work guidance is also offered to support persons.

Do you wish to participate in support person activity?

We are constantly recruiting new support persons. If you wish to be a support person, contact the association's volunteer work coordinator, Liisa Nieminen.
liisa.nieminen@hymise.fi or by phone: 040 848 2048