Volunteer Friend Service

Reakt in Den Haag, Zoetermeer, Voorburg/ Rijswijk is looking for volunteers for Friend Service (buddy project)

Better care through diversity

People need people. The ordinary, daily things you share with another at home or at work are important to give you a sense of belonging.
For participants, people with a psychiatric and/or psychosocial background, it can be difficult to pick up the threads again. Contact with family members and friends is also often no longer as self-evident as before. The risk of social isolation is high.
Friend Service brings volunteers into contact with people who have mental or psychiatric problems (or have had them) to do fun things together.

As a Friend Service volunteer, you will be paired with someone who has mental/psychiatric complaints to undertake something fun together once a week or once every 2 weeks during a year or a school year. For example: walking, cycling, playing a game, cooking, going to a museum or the cinema. These encounters are often of great value in the lives of both the participant and the volunteer.
This position is extremely suitable for psychology/social work and nursing students to get acquainted with the mental healthcare target group.

• Enthusiastic
• You are interested in what life is like when you have a mental vulnerability
• Good interpersonal skills
• Reliable
• Enjoying undertaking activities together but also sometimes just listening and talking together

A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is mandatory.