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1 person is interested
Advisory Board Member
ORGANIZATION: Eckerd Workforce Development
Please visit the new page to apply.
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1 person is interested
Requirements and Qualifications:
- Age - Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.
- Education - High school diploma or equivalent required, unless otherwise noted.
- Skills - Strong desire to work to ensure that every person has the opportunity to succeed required.
- Other - Must meet all screening requirements.
Specific Volunteer Duties:
- Participate in scholarship campaign for the organization.
- Regularly attend Council meetings and important related events.
- Make commitment to participate actively in committee work.
- Volunteer for and willingly accept assignments and complete them thoroughly and on time.
- Stay informed about Council matters, prepare well for meetings, and review and comment on minutes and reports.
- Get to know other Council members and build a collegial working relationship that contributes to consensus.
- Share information about the organization in the community.
- Recruit and invite other appropriate members to join the Council.
- Periodically review the performance of the Council and take steps to improve its performance.
- Provide candid and constructive feedback, advice, and comments.
Other Volunteer Responsibilities:
- Maintain a high standard of role model behavior for youth.
- Participate in ongoing in-service training and development activities as required for volunteer service.
- Report any acts, incidents or conditions that reflect the possibility of inappropriate youth-to-youth or staff-to-youth relationships.
- Report any use of physical force and all unusual incidents per Eckerd policy and state guidelines.
More opportunities with Eckerd Workforce Development
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Eckerd Workforce Development
Location:
715 24th St, Suite K, Paso Robles, CA 93446, US
Mission Statement
The Eckerd Kids mission is to provide and share solutions that promote the well-being of children and families in need of a second chance. Our vision is to ensure that each child has the opportunity to succeed. Eckerd Kids operates on the basis of several key values: We base our concepts upon a belief in God and respect for all. Youth always comes first. Services should focus on the family. Local communities must be engaged and empowered. We hold ourselves accountable for achieving superior outcomes. We engage people from a strength-based perspective. We are good financial stewards. We build strong and lasting partnerships. We have the courage to innovate and change. Everything we do is supported by one or more of these values. This is what drives us and helps us make sure that, no matter what, the children and families we serve are our top priority.
Description
Welcome to Eckerd Kids - one of the largest nonprofit child and family service organizations in the United States. We are an established national leader that has given much needed second chances to nearly 200,000 children since 1968. Founded by Jack and Ruth Eckerd, our organization provides life-changing child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, and workforce development programs to over 25,000 children and families annually.
Our mission to provide and share solutions that promote the well-being of children and families in need of a second chance drives every action Eckerd Kids takes. Built on a bedrock of solution-oriented programs, Eckerd Kids assists both public and private organizations by sharing its best practices and advocating for system reform across the nation.
Through our breadth and depth of services, commitment to performance measurement and quality outcomes, Eckerd Kids has become the first name in second chances with 45+ years of success.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4251 S. Higuera St102102San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
DATE POSTED
November 17, 2016
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Teaching / Instruction
- Fundraising
- Event Planning / Management
- Career Counseling / Coaching
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours bi-monthly plus committee