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2 people are interested
LOVE CHILDREN? HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS A MONTH TO VOLUNTEER? Training Kidworker Volunteers Feb 27th!
ORGANIZATION: Caring Unlimited-York County's Domestic Violence Resource Center
Please visit the new page to apply.
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2 people are interested
Free Training on December 2, 2017 9am-3pm in Sanford
Apply online at www.caring-unlimited.org or call Betsy @ 207-490-3227 x102
Qualifications:
Sensitivity to issues of violence and abuse toward women and children. Willingness to interact positively with children from a variety of social backgrounds. Ability to model appropriate behavior and communication. Become familiar with, and uphold the policies and procedures of Caring Unlimited. Demonstrate ability to establish supportive and caring one-to-one relationships with children. Successfully complete six hours of Kidworker training. Maintain open communication with support group facilitators/supervisors. Be able to pass background check. Minimum age requirement is 14yrs.
Supervisor: Outreach Services Coordinator and Support Group Facilitators
Duties and Responsibilities:
Kidworker volunteers will provide meaningful child care and supervision for children of various ages ranging from infancy to adolescence. Meaningful child care includes providing nurturing, esteem-building activities along with sensitive, non-judgmental listening. Child care must always be safe and supportive for all participating children and must be based upon awareness of the impact abusers have on children. Kidworker volunteers provide supervision and support for children whose parents are involved in any of Caring Unlimited services.
Hours/Location:
Kidworkers must agree to commit to at least two to four hours twice a month for one year. Generally, Kidworkers arrive on site 15 minutes before group to set up and greet children and stay 15 minutes after group to clean up. Child care is provided at various Caring Unlimited sites throughout York County. Day and evening hours available.
It is essential that child care is provided for all groups therefore, if you are unable to fulfill your scheduled child care shift, it is important that you find a replacement from the Kidworker list and notify the Outreach Services Coordinator or the group’s facilitator.
More opportunities with Caring Unlimited-York County's Domestic Violence Resource Center
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About Caring Unlimited-York County's Domestic Violence Resource Center
Location:
965 MAIN ST, POB 590, SANFORD, ME 04073, US
Mission Statement
It is the mission of Caring Unlimited to work with the community to end domestic violence in York County (Maine). This includes providing support and safe haven to women, their children and men whose lives are affected by domestic abuse in a mannner that honors their essential worth, nurtures their inherent strengths and respects their right of self-determination.
Description
Since 1977, when a small group of local women joined together to help their friends and neighbors find safety from the terror of domestic abuse, Caring Unlimited has offered confidential safety planning and supports, free of charge, to anyone victimized in an intimate relationship.
Over the years the organization has grown from the grassroots efforts of a few committed volunteers with no funding to a staff of over twenty paid advocates and more than fifty volunteers with a budget of over a million dollars from federal, state and local sources.
Services include the 24-Hour Hotline, Individual Advocacy, Support/Education Groups, Legal Assistance, Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing and Community Response Program including consultation, training and systems advocacy with York County agencies, schools and community-based organizations, and much, much more.
Since 1977 thousands of women, children and men from every town in York County have found the support, safety, respect and freedom from abuse in their own homes through Caring Unlimited.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
965 Main StreetSanford, ME 04073
DATE POSTED
November 14, 2017
SKILLS
- Child Care
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 14
- Orientation or Training
- At least one yer.