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11 people are interested
Benevolent Support Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Center for Changing Lives
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11 people are interested
Center for Changing Lives (CCL)’s vision is a community where everyone thrives. Too often, resource and economic opportunity limit participants’ choices and capacity to achieve their goals and vision. CCL partners with those held back by lack of resource and economic opportunity in order to uncover possibilities, overcome barriers, and realize their potential in the form of partnership through coaching, training and educating, coalition building, advocacy, and organizing. CCL’s core services of financial, employment, and resource development coaching are supported by the time, skills, and dedication of volunteers.
One big challenge that many people face is acquiring the funds to pay for the training, tools, or resources that would propel him/her/them towards a goal. CCL has partnered with Benevolent to support CCL members with this challenge. Benevolent is an organization created to bring dignity and self-determination to both sides of the giving equation, illuminating the realities of life on the edge of sustainability. Benevolent provides a platform for clients to express their goals and needs and ask for monetary giving from friends, family, and strangers nation-wide.
As of January 2017, CCL and Benevolent have served 30 members and raised over $11,000 towards a variety of different goalsPosition Overview:
This Benevolent Support Volunteer meets with members one-on-one to support them with creating their Benevolent request. This requires clients to tell their stories, both written and orally, via a short video. This volunteer position is highly interactive. You will support CCL members by advocating for them and posting their requests to the Benevolent website. This can be challenging for members and these volunteers will need to be positive and encouraging as well as comfortably create and upload videos. As Benevolent Support Volunteers, you will have direct financial impact on member goals and allow the freedom to get what they need to achieve employment and stable housing.
The Benevolent Support Volunteer will communicate most directly with the Resource and Connection Coordinator. They will utilize the CCL google calendar to schedule clients for next steps and appointments. Volunteers will be trained by the Resource & Connection Coordinator and exisiting volunteers.
CCL is seeking a volunteer who can commit to at least one 1.5 hour client meeting per week. Days and times are flexible.
To be most successful in this position, volunteers should have the following qualifications:
Adaptability
Curiousity
Good listening skills
Self-awareness
Comfortable using the computer (uploading videos, typing, and creating a profile)
Good communication
Make others feel comfortable and confident talking about their experiences and competencies
Bilingual preferred, but not necessary!
Benefits:
Provide support for those facing lack of resource, support, and economic opportunity
Build your network of professionals and community members working for structural policy change surrounding low-income housing, employment, and resource allocation
Opportunity to develop professional and nonprofit skills and relationships that can be used on a resume
Opportunity to build strong employment references
- Opportunity to lead on an advocacy project or create a group within CCL
More opportunities with Center for Changing Lives
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About Center for Changing Lives
Location:
1955 N. St Louis Ave, 101, CHICAGO, IL 60647, US
Mission Statement
Center for Changing Lives mission is to provide comprehensive support to serve, empower and advocate for community residents experiencing homelessness and housing instability so they may obtain and maintain permanent housing.
Description
Center for Changing Lives (CCL) is a little agency making a big impact. Successfully providing a range of innovative services, CCL brings financial coaching to a population traditionally deemed unprepared for it: Households currently experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The agency offers a mini-continuum of bundled services that include housing, financial and employment coaching coordinated and integrated with income support and homelessness prevention services. CCL is at the forefront of utilizing coaching and financial capability services to prevent and end homelessness, particularly among the predominantly Latino population on the Northwest side of Chicago. CCL believes integrated, comprehensive services delivered in a long-term, highly transformative, empowered partnership are needed to ensure households move beyond crisis to stability, from immediate considerations to future ones. That belief has informed a model that is both qualitatively and quantitatively successful and has resulted in increases in participants’ financial capability, income, and self-sufficiency.
CCL’s mission is to provide comprehensive support to serve, empower and advocate for community residents experiencing homelessness or housing instability so they may obtain and maintain permanent housing. The vision is to transform lives and inspire neighbors to build a stable, supported and connected community. Financial instability, including under- and unemployment, continues to be a leading reason why many of CCL’s clients are experiencing homelessness. In response, CCL utilizes the Center for Working Families (CWF) model to increase employment, mobilize subsidies and mainstream benefits, and reduce household fees and expenses simultaneously, taking a holistic approach to building financial stability necessary for long-term housing stability. CCL is unique in that it is the only organization using the CWF model to serve households, including single parents with children, experiencing and at-risk of homelessness who are living in shelters. By successfully utilizing this model with those experiencing homelessness, CCL is bridging the workforce, financial and homeless services systems and developing an evidence-based argument for using financial services to addresses housing instability.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1955 North St. Louis Ave101Chicago, IL 60647
DATE POSTED
December 22, 2016
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
- Relationship Building
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- At least 1.5 hours per week