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6 people are interested
Overnight Host at the Winter Shelter of Forest Grove and Cornelius
ORGANIZATION: Winter Shelter of Forest Grove and Cornelius
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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6 people are interested
Be a part of ensuring our neighbors experiencing homelessness have a safe, welcoming, and compassionate place to sleep during the coldest months of the year.
As a Overnight Host you stay the full night (or half a night if you're splitting a position) in one of our two shelter sites, along with another volunteer or staff member you are ensuring the safety and security of our guests as they sleep. Overnight hosts are always in pairs, with one host staying the full 12 hour shift and the second position being able to be split between two people. Overnight Hosts alternate sleeping and being awake.
They serve as a part of the evening team to ensure guests needs are met to the best of our abilities and have support until about 10PM or later depending on the evening. They then are re-joined by the morning support team by 5:30AM and ensure guests leave for the day with as many of their needs met as we can.
Overnight hosts bridge the gap between our evening support and our morning support. They are never alone and have on site training as well as one-on-one conversation with shelter staff before taking their first shift. We rely on our volunteers to make our shelter possible. If Overnight Host doesn't sound like the right fit for you please contact us about other opportunities westwaco.wintershelter@gmail.com. Thank you!
More opportunities with Winter Shelter of Forest Grove and Cornelius
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Winter Shelter of Forest Grove and Cornelius
Location:
2032 College Way-- Monday and Tuesday night, 1124 Beech St Cornelius OR-- Wed and Thurs night, Forest Grove, OR 97116, US
Mission Statement
Provide safe, welcoming, and compassionate shelter to our neighbors experiencing homelessness in Forest Grove and Cornelius during the 3 coldest months of the year.
Description
The Winter Shelter of Forest Grove and Cornelius is a part of the Severe Weather Shelter of Washington County. We are open on Monday and Tuesday night at United Church of Christ in Forest Grove and Wednesday and Thursday night at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Cornelius. We are directly sponsored by the United Church of Christ and Old Town Church both of Forest Grove. We began as a traditional severe weather shelter, only open on nights below 32 in 2008 at UCC and were fully reliant on volunteers, mostly from the congregation. In 2014 UCC hired a very part-time coordinator to help with volunteer recruitment and shifted to guaranteeing Monday and Tuesday night openings. In 2015 Old Town, formally Sonrise Church joined and guaranteed Wednesday night, eventually expanding to Thursday night. At the beginning of the 2018/2019 shelter season we are operating under multiple small local grants as well as some EHA funding allowing our staff to expand to 9, including some Work-Study students from Pacific and 1 practicum student from their school of social work. We are now able to provide some guest services and referrals as well as actively work on expanding our community partnerships to provide services and to shift opinions on the roots of homelessness to try and keep more people stably housed and to get more of our neighbors without homes the stability they need to be housed. Volunteers are still the backbone of our organization and the reason our shelter functions for the 19 weeks we are open each year.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1124 Beech St- Emanuel Lutheran Wed and Thurs2032 College Way Forest Grove 97116 -UCC Mon & TuCornelius, OR 97113
DATE POSTED
January 15, 2020
SKILLS
- Case Work / Management
- Crisis Counseling
- Spanish
- First Aid / CPR
- Hospitality
- Critical Thinking
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 20
- Orientation or Training
- 12 hour shifts, or 6 hour shifts. 2 per month.
- Willingness to work with others, ability to relate empathetically and compassionately.