Childcare Volunteers Needed - BRONX, BROOKLYN, and QUEENS
ORGANIZATION: Sanctuary for Families
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Sanctuary for Families is currently seeking volunteers for our Children and Youth Services Programs in our Bronx transitional shelter, Bronx Family Justice Center, Brooklyn Family Justice Center and Queens Family Justice Center. Children’s volunteers must make a commitment of once a week for at least 4-6 months.
Available Opportunities:
- Sarah Burke House: flexible schedule, daytime and after school volunteers needed for childcare and homework help. Needed specifically for Spring Break April 14th-18th 9am-4pm.
- Bronx Family Justice Center - flexible schedule, daytime and after school volunteers needed for childcare and homework help.
- Brooklyn Family Justice Center - flexible schedule, daytime and after school volunteers needed for childcare and homework help. Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-6pm preferred.
- Queens Family Justice Center - flexible schedule, daytime and after school volunteers needed for childcare and homework help. Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am-6pm preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Provide childcare in a safe, educational and recreational environment
- Communicate and engage with children one-on-one and in group settings
- Assist with arts and crafts projects
- Organize recreational activities
- Assist children with homework
- Help facilitate and create curriculum and additional activities with Sanctuary staff
- All Sanctuary for Families volunteers need to complete a 2 hour orientation/training session (volunteers at the Family Justice Centers will need to complete additional training and clearance in advance of their start date)
Qualifications:
- Experience working with children
- Availability at the specified times for desired placement
- Must be able to commute to assigned location in the Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens
- Respect for confidentiality is a must
How to Apply:
Please fill out a volunteer application on our website under the "Make a Difference" tab, www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org, and email it to the Volunteer Program at volunteer@sffny.org.
For more information on this and other volunteer opportunities, visit our website!
Sanctuary for Families is New York's leading nonprofit agency dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of domestic violence victims, sex trafficking victims, and their children. We offer a comprehensive, interconnected range of services including crisis and transitional shelter, individual and group counseling, legal services, economic empowerment services, a mentoring program, and a specialized program for children who have witnessed or experienced abuse.
Sanctuary for Families envisions a society in which freedom from domestic violence is a basic human right. We are dedicated to the safety, healing, and self-sufficiency of domestic violence victims, sex trafficking victims, and their children.
More opportunities with Sanctuary for Families
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Sanctuary for Families
Location:
PO Box 1406, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10268, US
Mission Statement
Sanctuary for Families is dedicated to meeting the needs of victims of domestic violence, while advocating for societal change and raising public awareness to end violence against all women and their children. Central to Sanctuary's work with individual clients and its efforts to advocate and educate is the belief that this is a crime that must not be tolerated. Domestic violence is pervasive, crossing all racial, socioeconomic and national boundaries and affecting people of every age, sexual orientation and immigration status. Since its founding in 1984, Sanctuary has become a recognized model among domestic violence agencies by providing a range of culturally sensitive and integrated services. To protect and empower battered women, Sanctuary provides crisis intervention, emergency and transitional housing, individual and group counseling, job readiness and mentoring programs. Though our legal center, we offer legal advice and direct representation, mentor volunteer attorneys, and advocate legal reform. We believe that our clients must be active participants in claiming control of their lives. To that end, Sanctuary responds to the needs of each client with professionalism and compassion.
Description
Sanctuary for Families is New York's largest nonprofit agency exclusively dedicated to serving the clinical, economic, legal, and shelter needs of domestic violence victims and their children. We offer a comprehensive, interconnected range of services including crisis and transitional housing, individual and group counseling, legal services, housing and benefits assistance, a mentoring program, and a specialized program for children who have witnessed or experienced abuse. Sanctuary for Families envisions a society in which freedom from domestic violence is a basic human right. We are dedicated to the safety, healing, and self-sufficiency of battered women and their children.
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PO Box 1406Wall Street StationNew York, NY 10268
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May 5, 2014
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