Volunteer Facilitators needed in Metro Vancouver!

We need compassionate volunteers to co-facilitate our English Circles in Abbotsford, Burnaby, Langley, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Surrey, Delta & Vancouver; Farsi, Cantonese and Mandarin circles in Coquitlam; Filipino in Surrey; & Spanish, Cantonese & Mandarin in Vancouver.

For more information, please call Bella Cenezero at 604.669.1616 Ext.105, 1.877.345.9777 (9PSS) or click here.

If you would like to become a facilitator in Prince George, please call Jessica Turner at 250.962.0600, or 1-877-345-9777 (9PSS).

For the Vancouver Island region please call Sandi Halvorson at 250.468.3658, or 1-877-345-9777 (9PSS).

For Victoria please call 250.384.8042, 1-877-345-9777 (9PSS).

Initial Facilitator Training Workshop

The Parent Support Services Initial Facilitator Training Workshop helps new volunteers to understand their role and strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to facilitate a Parent Support Circle. The PSS Initial Facilitator Training Workshop is also available to professionals who wish to hone their facilitation skills and learn more about the PSS self help facilitation model. The training workshop places an emphasis on:

• Self-help and co-facilitation model
• Group process
• Stages of group development
• Group mechanics
• Anti-oppressive practice
• Information on child abuse prevention

Sample Initial Facilitator Training Outline

Training Schedule

The Parent Support Services Initial Facilitator Training Workshop is held 2-3 times per year for 2.5 days usually over a weekend:

Friday evening time: 5 – 8:30 or 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, 9:00 am - 5 pm

On occasion, the Initial Facilitator Training Workshop is held over 3 weekdays, or a combination of weekend and weekdays depending on participant and trainer schedules.

Training Venues
 
 Vancouver, Victoria, Central Vancouver Island, Prince George

Training Cost

The PSS Initial Facilitator Training Workshop is FREE to volunteers of the Parent Support Services Society of BC who have applied for a Volunteer Parent Support Circle position in their communities, and who have made a volunteer commitment to Parent Support Services of at least 1 year.

Information about the Volunteer Facilitator Position and How to Apply

The Initial Facilitator Training fee is $350.00 for individuals and/or professionals from community agencies who are interested in participating the training for skill development.  The training fee includes a complete training manual with resources, a Facilitator's Handbook, lunches and snacks.

Comments from Participants in past Parent Support Services’ Initial Facilitator Training Workshops:

• The trainers were very informed with an obvious wealth of experience coupled with a solid academic background that supported the activities.
• I was taught how to be a facilitator – not a caregiver.
• This workshop was Inspirational, timely, to the point, energetic, real, and friendly.
• This training helped move my one-on-one counseling skills into a group environment.
• The training was interesting, inspiring, practical, informative and fun.
• I learned more from this 2.5 day workshop than I did in 10 months of lay counseling training.
• This was the most useful training I have ever had.

For more information about the PSS Initial Facilitator Training Workshop and to find out the next training date please– contact the Parent Support Services office nearest you.