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21 people are interested
Help Save Lives!! Become a Volunteer Teacher for Youth!
ORGANIZATION: NAMI Utah
Please visit the new page to apply.
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21 people are interested
Task Description: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Utah is looking for interested persons to fill presenter positions for Youth classes being offered in high schools and middle schools throughout the state. This position is volunteer-based and the hours are flexible in the amount per week, but usually involve some daytime committment.
Class materials and course outlines will be provided from our Hope for Tomorrow curriculum (a school-based mental health education program).
If you are interested please email and we set up a time to speak with you in person.
Responsibilities:
Attend a Hope For Tomorrow training
Be familiar with Hope for Tomorrow curriculum
Engage a class on various mental illness topics.
Communicate and collaborate with Class Coordinator (Megan Lundskog) and co-teachers
Qualifications:
Familiarity with mental health issues
Consistent availability during the hours classes are held
Ability to engage and relate to others (youth and/or parents)
Organizational and planning abilities
We look forward to hearing from interested volunteers!
More opportunities with NAMI Utah
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About NAMI Utah
Location:
1600 W. 2200 S. Ste. 202, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, US
Mission Statement
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Utah's mission is to ensure the dignity and improve the lives of those who live with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy.
Treatment works, recovery is possible, there is hope, you are not alone!
Description
About NAMI: Support, Education, Advocacy, and Research
From its inception in 1979, NAMI has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. For three decades, NAMI has established itself as the most formidable grassroots mental health advocacy organization in the country. Dedication, steadfast commitment and unceasing belief in NAMI's mission by grassroots advocates have produced profound changes. NAMI's greatest strength is the dedication of our grassroots leaders and members. We are the families, friends and individuals that serve to strengthen our communities.
Due in large part to generous individual, corporate, and foundation donations, NAMI Utah is able to build on its success and continue to focus on three cornerstones of activity that offer hope, help, and healing to our communities: Support, Education, and Advocacy.
Financial contributions allow NAMI to offer an array of programs, initiatives, and activities in support of the NAMI mission, a sample of which is described below.
Support: A Pathway to Recovery
NAMI's support and public education efforts are focused on educating America about mental illness, offering resources to those in need, and insisting that mental illness become a high national priority. Mental illness is a serious medical illness that affects one in four families. No one is to blame. Treatment works, but only half of people living with mental illness receive treatment. NAMI has engaged in a variety of activities to create awareness about mental illness and promote the promise of recovery. Free support groups are one of those avenues.
Education: The Face and Voice of Mental Illness
NAMI offers an array of peer education and training programs, initiatives and services for individuals, family members, health care providers and the general public. NAMI's education and support programs provide relevant information, valuable insight, and the opportunity to engage in support networks. These programs draw on the lived experience of individuals who have learned to live well with mental illness and have been extensively trained to help others, as well as the expertise of mental health professionals and educators. NAMI and volunteer grassroots leaders are committed to education as the pathway to recovery, empowerment and wellness. In addition to education programs and initiatives offered through NAMI National, many of NAMI's over 1,100 affiliates offer an array of support and education programs and activities for families and individuals. Many of NAMI's program offerings are also available in Spanish language and some are also provided by means of translations into other languages.
Advocacy: A Respected Force
NAMI is recognized as the preeminent voice in Utah for the thousands of Utahans living with serious mental illness. NAMI advocates have fought for policy changes that raise the bar on mental illness care and promote treatment and research on par with other illnesses. NAMI's advocacy provides a unique voice for people who live with mental illness and their families in state and federal public and private-sector policies that facilitate research, end discrimination, reduce barriers to successful life in the community and promote timely, comprehensive and effective mental health services and supports. NAMI Utah works steadily to influence critical state policy debates as they unfold.
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CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1600 West 2200 South Suite 202high schools and middle schoolsWest Valley City, UT 84119
DATE POSTED
September 26, 2016
SKILLS
- Spanish
- Adult Education
- People Skills
- Mentoring
- Bilingual
- Teaching / Instruction
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-5 hrs. per week