Reading Friends Group Facilitator
May Bank Holidays
East Sussex Libraries will be closed for the following Bank Holidays
- Monday 6 May
- Monday 27 May
- Lead group reading activities and facilitate conversation using reading materials as a basis for discussion
- Make practical arrangements to identify and select suitable materials (books, newspapers, handling objects etc.) which focus on the groups’ interests
- Prepare the meeting space in advance of each session
- Lead on various themed activities (e.g. memory boxes, etc.)
- Help to clean and tidy up following sessions
Skills and experience
- A friendly and approachable manner
- Good communication and listening skills with the ability to build rapport through conversation
- A patient and sensitive approach and the ability to empathise with people
- Reliable and trustworthy
- A love of reading and the desire to share this with others
- The confidence to read to others
- An understanding of the need for confidentiality
- Initiative and the ability to work without supervision
Other information
- Weekly sessions run for approximately 2 hours
- Two references will be required