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18 people are interested
Next Steps Coach- help youth with college prep or career readiness!
ORGANIZATION: Friends of the Children- Portland
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18 people are interested
Volunteer Next Steps Coach Position Description
About Next Steps
The Next Steps Program trains dedicated college students & college graduates in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area to volunteer as "coaches" to a high school junior, senior, or recent graduate from Friends of the Children who is preparing for their life after high school graduation. As a coach, you will be helping students make and achieve goals that will help them have a successful transition out of high school. This may look like helping youth with college preparation and/or helping with career goal setting.
Essential Responsibilities and Activities
- Meet with assigned youth for a minimum of 1-hour weekly, for the first couple weeks then switch to 2hr every other week.
- Facilitate activities and conversations that will help youth discover their skills/strength, learning preferences, areas of interest, and other relevant life factors.
- Build a productive, attentive, and compassionate relationships with youth.
- Guide youth through investigating potential/appropriate post-secondary programs (relevant colleges, apprenticeships, internships, vocational schools, etc.) for pursing that career.
- Help youth mentee determine and articulate a "game plan" for their post-secondary life, and guide them through the initial action steps to set this plan in motion (e.g. help them submit a FAFSA, write a resume, etc.)
Required Qualifications
- Must commit to meeting with youth for up to 6 hours every mouth throughout Winter and Spring term.
- Must attend preliminary training
- Must consent to a criminal background check and agree to abide by confidentiality guidelines.
- Must be able and willing to work with students from diverse backgrounds
Volunteer Benefits
- Access to optional personal/professional development seminars throughout the year
- Experience, references, contacts in the non-profit/education field
- Fulfill Community-Based Learning course component, Community Service requirement, or Capstone project
- Opportunity to be a positive force and resource in a young person’s life!
Time Commitment
- Program begins in October and goes through June.
- Building a healthy and safe relationships with the youth is essential to provide useful guidance; therefore, coaches should be prepared to spend an hour each week with youth match. You may need to plan on having time to prepare activities or materials beforehand.
Location
- FOTC has two locations. You will be meeting youth primary in at the Rockwood location but you also have the opportunity to meet at our main office at Morris
Rockwood Location:
424 NE 172nd Ave,
Portland, OR 97230
Main Office:
44 NE Morris Street
Portland, OR 97212
Contact Information
If you’re interested in this program or have any questions please email the program coordinator at: pniyo@friendsofthechildren.org. Make sure you list your name and the best way to get in contact with you.
More opportunities with Friends of the Children- Portland
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Friends of the Children- Portland
Location:
44 NE Morris, Portland, OR 97212, US
Mission Statement
*Due to the nature of our organization we cannot accept court-ordered volunteers* To provide our most vulnerable children a nurturing and sustained relationship with a professional mentor who teaches positive values and has attainable expectations for each child to become healthy, productive members of the community.
Description
*Due to the nature of our organization we cannot accept court-ordered volunteers*
The program model is based upon research on the risk and resilience factors for children. The research identifies risk factors (those environmental characteristics that place children in danger for teen pregnancy, school dropout, crime, drug abuse) and protective factors (positive environmental factors and/or personal characteristics that enable children to overcome adverse conditions and function with resilience). The research shows that the strongest single protective factor that a child can have is a close relationship with a caring adult who serves as a mentor and a role model- the most important tool for resiliency is a Friend. Friends of the Children is distinct in three principal ways. First, it employs carefully screened, full-time mentors who receive ongoing support and training from the program. Unlike many programs that rely on volunteer mentors, Friends of the Children has maintained high retention rates among both its staff and children. Second, the program selects children based upon a highly targeted assessment process that includes six weeks of classroom observation and input from school staff, ensuring that those children who could most benefit from having a Friend are invited to participate. Third, Friends of the Children intervenes early, at age 6-7, when children are most receptive to change and makes a long-term (12.5 year) commitment to each child.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
424 NE 172nd AvePortland, OR 97230
DATE POSTED
March 8, 2018
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- Approximately 1 hour/week