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7 people are interested
Smoking Cessation Coordinator / Substitute
ORGANIZATION: Lutheran Community Services
Please visit the new page to apply.
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7 people are interested
This program is funded through Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program with funding through the Delaware Health Fund. The purpose is to provide a means of obtaining pharmaceutical cessation aids for low-income smokers, living in Delaware, who seriously want to quit smoking, but cannot afford the cost of these aids.
The program operates 8:00- 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday except for holidays.
We are looking for candidates that we can train who can come in to work as substitues for staff or regularly working volunteers to cover vacations and sick days.
Confidentiality a MUST!!
Availability: On Call and/or specific day/times
Qualifications:
Previous experience in health, social services, education or a related field
Bilingual in English and Spanish helpful
Volunteer Job Description
Volunteers must be able to relate well with people of varied social, economic and cultural backgrounds over the telephone and have good communication skills.
- Return phone calls from voice mail
- Receive phone calls from the switchboard
- Initiate phone calls from the list sent via email from Alere Wellbeing
- Give program guidelines to participant when required
- Encourage Participants
Volunteers must also be comfortable with the computer as the information about clients is kept in an Access database.
- Enter client information in spread sheet
- Use dropdown menus for selecting the pharmacy, medication, town, county, etc.
- Printing vouchers, welcome letters and envelopes
- Use MS Outlook for email receipt of daily report from Alere Wellbeing.
- Print out the daily report
- Send messages and receive emails to Alere staff when you have questions!
Other tasks include:
- Fax vouchers to pharmacy ( Fax located in main office)
- Date and file vouchers in file cabinet
- Put stamped letters in mail basket in main office
Questions? Contact Volunteer Coordinator Cher Frampton; (302) 654-8886, ext 107 or cframpton@lcsde.org.
Read up on our volunteers and their activities on our blog at
http://lcsvolunteersde.blogspot.com/
More opportunities with Lutheran Community Services
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Lutheran Community Services
Location:
2809 Baynard Blvd, Wilmington, DE 19802, US
Mission Statement
"Sharing God''s blessings by helping others in need." is the mission of Lutheran Community Services. Many of those in our community are living in poverty -- 25% of the population of Wilmington and 12% of thepopulation of New Castle County. We believe that each of us is responsible to help our less fortunate neighbors as much as we can. When it was founded in 1959, its original focus was on the independent living needs of seniors. Today, LCS provides a much broader range of emergency services and continues to develop new programs based on the needs of the communities it serves.
Description
HOUSING. LCS provides emergency loans and grants to low income people who are behind in their rent or mortgage or who need money for a security deposit. In 2006, we made 186 loans helping to house over 500 people.
FOOD. LCS provides emergency food assistnace to low income indviduals and families at church-based pantries, free produce distributions, mobile pantries, and grocery clubs.
HEALTH. LCS also provides low income people with free clothes, pharmaceutical assistance to quit smoking, rides to medical appointments and home repair assistance (seniors and disabled only).
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2809 Baynard Blvd.LCS HeadquartersWilmington, DE 19802
DATE POSTED
November 20, 2015
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Basic Computer Skills
- Community Outreach
- Program Management
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Data Entry
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 5 to 10 hours per month