Fit Feet (Podiatry) Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC
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What we do: Help us provide podiatry screenings to our Special Olympics athletes: children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Events occur year-round throughout the Jacksonville area.
Who we need: Podiatrists
Benefits of Helping Special Olympics Florida Healthy Community Fit Feet:
- Feeling good about helping those who cannot afford service or who did not know help was available to them
- Seeing the joy on the face of an athlete as they receive insoles or shoes (depending on availability)
- Knowing that you have changed the life of over 40% the athletes you see in one day as they will be given a service or referral that could in some cases be life saving
- Enjoying the camaraderie of working together with a group of your fellow professionals
- Having the ability of increasing the number of patients in your practice: your practice will grow once word gets around that you work with persons with intellectual disabilities
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About SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC
Location:
40 E Adams Street, Suite LL15, Jacksonville, FL 32202, US
Mission Statement
Special Olympics Florida was founded in 1972 and is one of the largest volunteer-driven athletic organizations in the state. The mission of Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. The ultimate objective of Special Olympics Florida is to help people with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large.
Description
Healthy Community is a premier, health care delivery approach that focuses on the whole person with an intellectual or developmental disability and provides integrated health care coordination.
Good health is necessary for persons with an intellectual or developmental disability to secure the freedom to work, learn, and engage in their families and communities. The United States Surgeon General stated, "Individuals with a developmental disability are more likely to receive inappropriate and inadequate treatment, or be denied health care altogether. Children, youth, and adults with developmental disabilities receive fewer routine health examinations, fewer immunizations, less mental health care, less prophylactic oral health care, and fewer opportunities for physical exercise and athletic achievement than do other Americans. Those with communication difficulties are especially at greater risk for poor nutrition, overmedication, injury, and abuse." Special Olympics International created Healthy Community in response to the U.S. Surgeon General call to action on the health care disparities for people with an intellectual or developmental disability.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
40 E Adams StreetSuite LL15JacksonvilleJacksonville, FL 32202
DATE POSTED
March 12, 2024
SKILLS
- Patient Care
- Healthcare
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 22
- Orientation or Training
- Two day training: first day is didactic training, second day is hands on training at a Fit Feet screening with our athletes. Training never expires. After that, commitment is one screening per year for three years.
- Certification in the state of Florida in Podiatry.