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15 people are interested
Are you interested in helping build resumes and job searching? Become a mentoring volunteer!
ORGANIZATION: People Incorporated
Please visit the new page to apply.
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15 people are interested
Would you like to make a difference in a life? Become a Project Recovery mentor!
Project Recovery is looking for mentors to assist our clients in learning basic independent living skills such as budgeting, community interaction, and job readiness. Our clients need help developing and building resumes. We need your expertise to help our clients utilize online job searches and practice role play and job interview scenarios with clients.
Project Recovery provides street outreach (basic survival gear), drop-in services (shower, laundry, Harm Reduction and Recovery groups), and basic case management assistance (medical, benefits, housing, and shelter referral) for east metro adults who experience homelessness and chemical dependency issues. We need volunteers Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-4:00pm and on Friday from 9:00am-1:00pm. Could you come in once a week for 2-4 hours?
Desired qualities for a Project Recovery Volunteer:
- Experience working with persons experiencing homelessness.
- Working and interacting with people who are at varying levels of intoxication.
- Experience working with people who have serious and persistent mental and development disabilities.
- Ability to independently plan and implement activities with minimal supervision provided.
People Incorporated is a nonprofit organization that serves people with mental illness in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul metro area. Founded in 1969, we now operate more than 60 programs including children’s programs, crisis residences, programs to help the homeless, residential programs, treatment services, case management, and in-home health services. Visit us at www.peopleincorporated.org.
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About People Incorporated
Location:
2060 Centre Pointe Blvd, Suite 3, Saint Paul, MN 55120, US
Mission Statement
Supporting mental health and wellness in our community through collaboration and integration of care.
Description
People Incorporated Mental Health Services is a Twin Cities-based nonprofit providing a spectrum of services through nearly 60 programs in the greater metro area. Supporting mental health and wellness in our community through collaboration and integration of care is our mission, and it means that we provide people with mental illness with the help they need to avoid hospitalization and institutionalization and live hopeful, meaningful lives in the community. We specialize in serving people who have both mental illness, and a secondary impediment such as: Deafness, chemical dependency, a developmental disability, homelessness, or seizure disorder. We’re known for creating innovative services tailored to the needs of each individual-and we’ve been doing it successfully for nearly 50 years.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
317 York AveSaint Paul, MN 55130
DATE POSTED
December 30, 2015
SKILLS
- Mental Health
- People Skills
- Basic Computer Skills
- Mentoring
- Life Coaching
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- 2-4 hours, once a week
- TB Mantoux test