Volunteering at Kairos
Alongside our staff, volunteers play an important role in the life and work of Kairos. Most are men and women who have gone through the Kairos rehab process themselves, are actively pursuing recovery through 12-Step fellowships, are one year or more abstinent and want to help Kairos.
Volunteers provide help with many vital jobs, such as night cover, accompanying residents to appointments, gardening, shopping, driving, cleaning, carpentry, office work and catering.
Support work training
After volunteering for a period of time, some people express an interest in training to become support workers. Kairos supports individuals in their studies for the Diploma in Health and Social Care (level 3), which is monitored by external examiners and supervised by Kairos management.
Student training placements
Kairos takes part in the professional training of new counsellors. We are able to offer a small number of placements to counselling students who are on diploma/degree courses and for whom a placement forms part of their accreditation requirement. Students are normally in therapy themselves and typically spend two days a week working with qualified Kairos staff across different services.
For more information about volunteering or applying for a student placement, contact head office.