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46 people are interested
Information Technology TA/Mentor
ORGANIZATION: Center for Changing Lives
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46 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 volunteers.
CCL offers a Computer User Support Training Program in partnership with City Colleges of Chicago and Accenture. This free program is a Bridges-to-Careers program designed to support its participants in setting and achieving their financial, training, and career goals in the IT sector. Participants receive a comprehensive coaching-led approach that puts the participant first and works through financial capacity building, career readiness, foundational computer science and digital literacy skills, and continued support as they obtain the CompTIA A+ Certification and IT employment. Our participants come from diverse backgrounds and have shown tenacity and aptitude for this field and support. Volunteer mentorship from IT professionals and enthusiasts has a tremendous impact on their overall success. Volunteers in this position will support students in the classroom as a TA 2-4 hours a week, between 10am-2pm. In this role, you help students by answering Digital Literacy Questions and/or customer service related questions while building a relationship with them as a mentor and support. You are in the classroom with a CCL Coach who is the primary class facilitator but have the opportunity to facillitate class as well. The IT Mentor communicates most closely with the IT Employment Coach, the IT Coach, and the Resource & Connection Coordinator. We are seeking someone for 2-4 hours between: Mondays, 10am-2pm Tuesdays, 10am-2pm Wednesdays, 10am-2pm Thursdays, 10am-2pmTo be most successful in this position, volunteers should have the following qualifications:
Computer basics knowledge (Microsoft, Internet, Hardware)
Customer Service knowledge
Able to work with clients 1-1 and in a group
Study Skills
Self-awareness
Good communication
Make others feel comfortable and confident
A+ Certification experience or IT Professional experience 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 Ave.#101ChicagoChicago, IL 60647
DATE POSTED
May 2, 2017
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Computer Science
- Relationship Building
- IT Help Desk
- Customer Service
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training