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34 people are interested
Volunteer Educational Advocate
ORGANIZATION: Child Advocates
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34 people are interested
Child Advocates is looking for volunteers to serve as Educational Advocates for students who have been abused or neglected. Volunteers should have interest and experience working in education. Volunteers will work in tandem with Child Advocates staff to provide individualized assistance and inter-system coordination to students and families in order to develop positive communication and improved educational opportunities/outcomes for students in the Marion County Child Welfare System.
Each educational volunteer must complete our CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) training with additional training around special education. Volunteer Educational Advocates must have daytime availability in order to attend meetings conducted during school hours.
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About Child Advocates
Location:
8200 Haverstick Rd. Suite 240, Indianapolis, IN 46240, US
Mission Statement
Child Advocates engages community volunteers and staff to protect children who are victims of child abuse. We are their voices in court, ensuring all children thrive in a safe and secure home.
Description
Child Advocates is the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) chosen by the courts in Marion County (Indianapolis), Indiana to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children. We fulfill our mission through advocacy, monitoring, evaluation, fact-finding and mediation. Our volunteers assist staff professionals in each child’s case to make sure those children do not get lost in the system, their needs are met during the course of their court cases, and a safe, permanent home is found for them as soon as possible. Our volunteers help ensure that the over 8,000 children whose cases we monitor each year are not returned to the very situations where the mistreatment occurred. We continue to work with the children until they are placed in a safe & secure home and the abuse/neglect case is closed.
Child Advocates is a 501 (c) (3) agency and is certified by the National CASA Association and the Indiana State Office of GAL/CASA. We are a United Way of Central Indiana agency.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Various SchoolsIndianapolis, IN 46240
DATE POSTED
June 11, 2019
SKILLS
- General Education
- Youth Services
- Child Welfare
- Special Needs
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Approximately 3-4 hours a month
- Must complete CASA traning