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Healthy Living with Diabetes Facilitator

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ORGANIZATION: Aging and Disability Resource Center of Brown County

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Job Overview:

The best Leaders are those who have a passion for helping people live their healthiest lives. If that describes you, you would likely get a great deal of satisfaction from being a program Leader. Most Leaders have chronic health conditions themselves and are successfully using the strategies they have learned through the workshop. Being a Leader reinforces those strategies for you while you are teaching others. And, because you must be connected to a Program Provider organization to be a successful Leader, you support the work and mission of your provider organization and the communities it serves.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Present the Healthy Living with Diabetes Course as developed by Kate Lorig, DPH. The curriculum includes a Facilitator Guide and Participant Workbook for ease of delivery and use during the volunteer experience.
  • The facilitator must have a passion for working with older adults.
  • The facilitator should be comfortable leading small groups of 15 older adults.
  • The facilitator must be a self-starter who can take charge of the Healthy Living with Diabetes program and work effectively with a co-facilitator.
  • The facilitator must be willing to make a commitment to the 7-week course schedule at least once annually.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Preference for someone who has or has cared for someone with diabetes.
  • The candidate should be willing to make a 2-year commitment to the program.
  • Willingness to share personal experiences to help motivate others to exercise and use the skills tools provided in the workshop.
  • Demonstrate timely response to class planning and implementation.
  • Ability to perform additional duties as required by the Healthy Living with Diabetes program and agreed upon with the Prevention Coordinator.

Training Requirements:

  • 1- hour ADRC Volunteer Orientation
  • 20-minute webinar
  • 7-week online training (thirteen 2.5-hour zoom video meetings)

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

  • Demonstrates passion to work with older adults, who have normal age-related memory changes, and is patient with them and has a general interest in brain health.
  • Communicating orally in a clear manner.
  • Promotes positive engagement and peer support.
  • Is sensitive to participants’ challenges, especially vision or hearing impairments.
  • Keeps the group focused and on task.
  • Ensure all have the opportunity to participate.
  • Wants to give back to their community.
  • Knowledge of computer applications and usage.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, county agencies, departments, providers, and the public.
  • Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality of files and information.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work.
  • Ability to deal tactfully with difficult situations.
  • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
  • Ability to work the required hours of the position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
  • Intermittent standing, walking, and sitting.
  • Using hand(s)/feet for repetitive single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling, and operating controls.
  • Occasional bending, twisting, squatting, climbing, reaching, and grappling.
  • Distinguishing sounds at various frequencies and volumes.
  • Distinguishing people or objects at varied distances under a variety of light conditions.
  • Ability to work under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as irate individuals, violence and/or crisis may cause discomfort and poses a limited risk of injury.

For further information of this volunteer opportunity please contact:

Amy Staniforth, Prevention Specialist, ADRC of Brown County

Phone: 920-448-4529

Email: Amy.Staniforth@browncountywi.gov

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About Aging and Disability Resource Center of Brown County

Location:

300 S. Adams Street, Green Bay, WI 54301, US

Mission Statement

Empower and enrich the lives of older adults, adults with disabilities and their caregivers. All people are valued, celebrated and connected to a life of possibilities.

Description

  • We Put People First - Every story matters. We work to elevate each other.
  • Cultivate Joy -We live our passion and share gratitude in everything we do.
  • Build Connected Relationships - We foster partnerships through meaningful sincere interactions,together we are stronger.
  • Inspire Innovation - We disrupt the status quo to envision and create our future.
  • Ignite Action - We drive change that we want to see in our community. We are the spark that lift people and ideas off the ground. We are a catalyst for change.

CAUSE AREAS

Education & Literacy
Health & Medicine
People with Disabilities
Education & Literacy, Health & Medicine, People with Disabilities

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

300 S. Adams StreetGreen Bay, WI 54301

(44.51133,-88.01682)
 

SKILLS

  • Healthcare
  • Nutrition
  • People Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Relationship Building

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 4 hours or more a month

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