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6 people are interested
Public Health Volunteer - Create a Walking Program
ORGANIZATION: Care Ring
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6 people are interested
The Care Ring Nurse Case Manager is looking for a volunteer to spearhead a Walking Program. Many Care Ring clients have serious chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and obesity. Are you motivated to help people take control of their health? Are you organized? Do you have a go-getter personality? Care Ring needs you to create a program that will inspire clients to get moving and live a healthier life! Bi-lingual in English and Spanish is not required but desired. Some work may be done at home with some time spent in the office. Flexible schedule but ideal for public health student looking for experience planning and implementing a program within a non-profit healthcare organization!
More opportunities with Care Ring
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Care Ring
Location:
601 East 5th Street, Suite 140, Charlotte, NC 28202, US
Mission Statement
Care Ring: empowering individuals with limited resources to establish and maintain good health. As a nonprofit organization, Care Ring is flexible and responsive to the community's changing healthcare needs. The agency seeks to empower patients and the community to act as advocates for affordable, quality healthcare for all.
Description
Care Ring offers the following comprehensive program and services:
Physicans Reach Out program: In partnership with the Mecklenburg County Medical Society and the Charlotte Dental Society, 1600 volunteer physicians, dentists and allied health providers provide free or low-cost healthcare for low-income indivduals who do not qualify for Medicaid and do not have access to private health insurance.
The Care Ring Low-Cost Clinic in uptown Charlotte is a solution for the uninsured who can afford modest office visit fees. Low-cost lab work is conducted on site. The clinic is open Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm for non-emergency appointments.
Nurse-Family Partnership is a national model, evidenced-based nurse home-visiting program that improves the health and well-being of first-time, low-income mothers and their children.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Care RingChildren and Family Services Center601 East 5th Street, Suite 140Charlotte, NC 28202
DATE POSTED
October 7, 2015
SKILLS
- Spanish
- Project Management
- Healthcare
- People Skills
- Basic Computer Skills
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 10 hours per week