Orygen Youth Activity Facilitator Volunteer

We are looking for a volunteer with a relevant qualification and experience in one of the following areas: art, music, or fitness (such as yoga, Zumba) or similar activities to instruct weekly/fortnightly group classes with YPARC participants.

Supported by Orygen’s wellbeing workforce, the classes will offer additional activities for young people to participate in while staying at YPARC to foster creativity and promote physical and mental well-being.

Volunteers will design and facilitate the classes, supporting individuals with modifications when required. Where possible, Orygen Assist will supply necessary equipment and supplies, but we appreciate volunteers bringing their own where they can.

Support setting up and packing up classes/activities will be available.

Orygen program overview:
Orygen provides specialist mental health services for young people.
As part of Orygen’s services, Orygen Recovery is a youth mental health service designed for and with young people aged between 16–25. It is a Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) centre, providing services to young people across Victoria who are experiencing mental ill-health.
Orygen Recovery fills an important gap between community services and acute inpatient mental health services. Located in Parkville, a young person can stay at Orygen Recovery for up to 28 days, dependant on their needs.

What is a YPARC?
YPARCs are community-based residential facilities that provide a short-term ‘step up’ from the community for a young person to work on recovery goals or to prevent an admission to hospital, or a ‘step down’ from hospital to further assist with recovery and safe transition home.

If you think this volunteer role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.