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8 people are interested
Keep The Donation Center Moving and Grooving-Team Leader Needed!
ORGANIZATION: DESC - Housing and Health to End Homelessness
Please visit the new page to apply.
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8 people are interested
Do you enjoy organizing and keeping things tidy and neat?
DESC is looking for someone to assist in managing our donation center, located just south of Columbia City. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, processing incoming donations, cleaning and organizing donation center and preparing items to be disturbed throughout the agency. This is an extremely flexible position that would work well with any schedule.
Come and be a part of a team that fights to end homelessness!
*Please visit https://www.desc.org/get-involved/volunteer/
for additional details for volunteering at DESC.
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About DESC - Housing and Health to End Homelessness
Location:
515 3RD AVE, SEATTLE, WA 98104, US
Mission Statement
The Downtown Emergency Service Center works to end the homelessness of vulnerable people, particularly those living with serious mental or addictive illnesses. Through partnerships and an integrated array of comprehensive services, treatment and housing, we give people the opportunity to reach their highest potential. At DESC, uncommon efforts produce uncommon results that eliminate homelessness, one person at a time.
Description
DESC is the largest multi-service agency serving homeless adults in the Puget Sound region, reaching over 9,000 people annually and providing state licensed mental health and chemical dependency treatment, 279 emergency shelter beds, and over 1600 units of permanent, supportive housing. DESC also addresses a larger community need: our services decrease the financial burden on taxpayers by minimizing the utilization of emergency rooms, jails, courts, police, psychiatric hospitals and other highly expensive resources. At the same time, we are improving the quality of life for those who live, work and do business here.
DESC succeeds where others have failed. Stretching the bounds of accepted practices, DESC's professional staff have learned that creative, assertive and holistic approaches, including evidence based and emerging best practices, work best for our highly vulnerable and difficult-to-engage clientele. Many men and women who have a long history of homelessness also have tenuous if any ties to the mainstream community and lack natural support networks such as family members. By eliminating outdated barriers to services and housing, DESC has received national recognition for its work with chronically homeless adults with behavioral health disorders.
Our staff and Board of Directors remain committed to serving those adults in our community who are most disabled and most vulnerable - and most often forgotten or ignored by society. We believe there is no such thing as a throw-away person.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
DESC Donations Processing Center5270 Rainier Ave SouthSeattle, WA 98118
DATE POSTED
October 1, 2018
SKILLS
- Donor Management
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Flexiable Hours
- Ability to lift 25+lbs a must