Opportunities From: TOGETHER MARATHON COUNTY

NAMI Northwoods is looking for a volunteer to help recruit, onboard, and stay connected with the facilitators who lead our support groups and classes.

This role focuses on people and follow-through by making sure interested volunteers are welcomed, guided through next steps, and supported as they move into facilitator roles.

Responsibilities include responding to inquiries, helping coordinate onboarding conversations, tracking where volunteers are in the process, and assisting with scheduling and reminders for facilitator trainings.

You will also help maintain light, ongoing communication with facilitators to keep them engaged and supported.

This is a behind-the-scenes role that plays a critical part in keeping programs running. It is a great fit for someone who is organized, responsive, and enjoys connecting with people.

The time commitment is approximately 2 to 3 hours per week, with flexible scheduling. Most work can be done remotely.

NAMI Northwoods offers peer support groups for adults living with mental health conditions. These groups provide a space where individuals can share openly, connect with others who understand, and feel less alone.

We are looking for volunteer facilitators to help lead these groups.

Our groups follow the NAMI Wisconsin Peer Support Group Model, which is structured to ensure a safe, respectful, and confidential environment. Groups are peer-led, meaning they are guided by individuals with lived experience of mental health who understand the journey of recovery.

Facilitators are not therapists or problem-solvers. Your role is to guide conversation, uphold group guidelines, and help create a balanced space where everyone has the opportunity to be heard.

You will follow a structured format that supports healthy discussion, reinforces boundaries, and encourages shared responsibility within the group. Training is provided, and you will co-facilitate with a partner.

This role requires strong listening skills, boundaries, and the ability to sit with people in real moments without trying to fix everything.

If you have lived experience with mental health and want to use it to support others, this is a meaningful way to give back.

Lived experience with a mental health condition is required.

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is an 8-session educational program for adults living with mental health conditions who want to better understand their experiences and move forward in their recovery.

NAMI Northwoods is looking for volunteer facilitators to help lead this program, offered both in person and virtually.

This is a structured class, not a support group. Facilitators follow a curriculum that focuses on recovery, self-awareness, communication, and building practical skills for everyday life.

Facilitators are individuals with lived experience of mental health who are further along in their recovery and want to support others on their journey. You are not expected to be a therapist or have all the answers. Your role is to guide the material, encourage discussion, and create a respectful, supportive learning environment.

Training is provided, and you will co-facilitate with a partner.

This role requires preparation, comfort speaking in front of a group, and the ability to balance structure with real conversation.

If you are passionate about recovery and want to help others build confidence and skills, this is a meaningful way to give back.

Lived experience with a mental health condition is required.

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session course for people who support someone living with a mental health condition. It is led by trained family members who have been there and understand what it is like.

NAMI Northwoods is looking for volunteer facilitators to help lead this program, offered both in person and virtually.

You do not need to be a professional. You do not need to have all the answers. You need lived experience, the ability to listen, and a willingness to guide conversation using a structured curriculum.

Facilitators create a space where people feel understood, supported, and less alone. Training and materials are provided, and you will co-facilitate with a partner.

This is meaningful work. It can also be challenging. You will be supporting people during difficult moments, but you will also see growth, connection, and real impact.

If you have ever thought, “I wish I had something like this when I was going through it,” this is your chance to be that for someone else.

Lived experience as a family member or loved one of someone with a mental health condition is required.

Support someone who is supporting someone else.

NAMI Northwoods is looking for volunteers to help lead our Family Support Group, a space for people who have a loved one living with mental illness.

As a facilitator, you’ll help create a welcoming, respectful environment where participants can share, listen, and feel less alone. You don’t need to have all the answers. You just need to be willing to show up, listen, and help guide the conversation.

All facilitators receive training and ongoing support from NAMI, NAMI WI, and NAMI Northwoods.

This role is a great fit if you:

Have a loved one living with a mental health conditionBelieve in the power of shared experienceCan hold space for others without judgmentWant to turn your experience into something that helps others

Because when families feel supported, everything changes.