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Flexible Schedule
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Burlington, VT 05402
Position Title: Drop-In Childcare Provider Staff Category: Volunteer Team: Youth Program Reports To: Youth Program Coordinator; Volunteer Coordinator Description of Role: This position is designed to provide drop-in supervision for service users who have meetings, appointments, or interviews to which they can’t bring their children. Being able to access childcare during these times makes it easier for people who are impacted by domestic violence to obtain the services they need to transition into an environment that is safe and stable in the long term. This is a drop-in/on-call position, so while you would commit to being in the building for a certain amount of time, there would be other projects within the Youth Program to work on if no service users needed childcare during that time. Responsibilities: · Provide supervision of service users’ children on a drop-in basis in the playroom or lounge at our shelter. · Interact compassionately and empathetically with children of all ages from a variety of backgrounds. · During a shift when childcare is not needed, work with the Youth Program Coordinator and Youth Advocate on other projects to assist the Youth Program. · Commit to making the Youth Program a safe and welcoming space by maintaining service user confidentiality. Training Requirements: · Complete our 20-hour Community Advocate Training to obtain VT Victim and Crisis Worker Privilege. This is provided through us, free of charge for volunteers! · Complete 3-hour Mandated Reporter Training. If you have documentation that you are already a mandated reporter in the state of Vermont, you do not need to go through the training again! · Shadow at least one group with the Youth Program to get familiar with our residents, their children, and Youth Program protocols before taking a childcare shift. Time Commitment: · Shifts are available in two hour blocks Monday-Friday from 9-5. · We encourage you to commit to at least 2 shifts a month.
Date Posted: 2024-04-08
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Flexible Schedule
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Burlington, VT 05402
Description of Role: Are you an organizational whiz? Is putting things where they belong-and if they don’t belong anywhere, creating space for them to go-your superpower? We would love to have your eye for arrangement turned on our basement storage area! This position is responsible for making sure our stock of bedding, clothing, and other donations is ship-shape and ready to go for service users moving in and residents needing supplies. Responsibilities: · Run heat treat on incoming donations and resident belongings. · Help keep shelter laundry running smoothly. · Fold, sort, and put away clean laundry (bedding and clothes). Ensure that things are folded and stacked in a space-efficient, stable way. · Make bedding and welcome kits to be ready for incoming shelter residents. · Periodically assess the racks of hanging clothing; remove empty hangers and fill the space on racks from our back stock of clothing donations. · Put your creativity and ingenuity to use in categorizing and organizing everything from donated toiletries to computer cables. As you get familiar with our organizational system and needs, we welcome your innovation when it comes to new and more efficient organization practices! Training Requirements: · Attend a volunteer orientation in order to get familiar with the shelter and general volunteer policies and protocols. · Training on heat-treat, laundry, and organizational protocols conducted by either the Volunteer Coordinator or one of the Shelter Advocates - can be conducted as part of orientation or as a separate session, depending on schedule. · Optional, but encouraged: attend our Community Advocate Training in order to gain a thorough understanding of our philosophy, foundational principles of anti-violence work, and to obtain VT Victim and Crisis Worker Privilege. *Note that this training is required of any volunteer who will be providing direct services to residents/service users.* Time Commitment: · Shifts are available 7 days a week between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm. · Shift length varies based on your schedule/desired level of commitment, but we ask that you plan to spend at least 1 hour per shift at the shelter. · We ask that you commit to at least 2 shifts per month.
Date Posted: 2024-04-09
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Flexible Schedule
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Burlington, VT 05402
Position Title: Hotline Advocate Staff Category: Volunteer Team: Program Services Reports To: Director of Program Services; Volunteer Coordinator Description of Role: This position staffs our 24/7 hotline and provides direct service to those affected by Intimate Partner Violence by providing emotional support, safety planning, and connection to services such as our emergency housing, housing retention, legal, or youth programs. Responsibilities: Answer hotline, chatline, and emails: provide information, advocacy, support and referrals, and crisis management and intervention as needed. Maintain call records and record services provided in our electronic database. Commit to taking at least two 4.5 hour shifts a month. Foster a supportive community in the shelter by maintaining confidentiality and professionalism. Training Requirements: Complete our 20-hour Community Advocate Training to obtain Vermont Victim and Crisis Worker Privilege before answering any hotline calls/chats/emails. Complete at least two shadow shifts and two reverse shadow shifts as well as training on our electronic database before taking a solo shift. Complete 3-hour mandated reporter training before answering any hotline calls/chats/emails. Time Commitment 2 hotline shifts/month; 3-month minimum commitment. Shifts are available Monday-Friday between 9:00am and 5:00pm. Each shift is typically 4.5 hours long; however, if you are only able to do 2.5-3.5 hour shifts we still encourage you to reach out!
Date Posted: 2024-04-05
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Flexible Schedule
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Burlington, VT 05402
Position Title: Youth Group Facilitator Staff Category: Volunteer Team: Youth Program Reports To: Youth Program Coordinator; Volunteer Coordinator Description of Role: This position helps supervise and facilitate the numerous groups that our Youth Program offers to our service users and their children! Ranging from movement group to arts and crafts to a group just for tiny tots, with offerings changing and expanding in response to need, having an extra set of eyes and hands for each group ensures that children who have been exposed to Intimate Partner Violence continue to have access to these spaces as they navigate a time of deep and often traumatic transition in their lives. Responsibilities: Work with the Youth Program staff to set up for and co-facilitate children’s playgroups at the shelter. Interact kindly, compassionately, and professionally with children of various ages from a wide range of backgrounds. Maintain service user confidentiality and abide by Vermont mandated reporter requirements. Training Requirements: Complete our 20-hour Community Advocate Training to obtain VT Victim and Crisis Worker Privilege. This is provided through us, free of charge for volunteers! Complete 3-hour Mandated Reporter Training. If you have documentation that you are already a mandated reporter in the state of Vermont, you do not need to go through the training again! Shadow at least one group with the Youth Program to get familiar with our residents, their children, and Youth Program protocols. More shadow shifts may be required for those with no or minimal experience working with children. Time Commitment: Multiple groups are held each week, Monday-Friday. We ask that you commit to helping with at least one group a month. We also welcome your own thought, creativity, and innovation-if you have an interest, skill, or expertise that would lend itself well to a new group, our Youth Program can work with you to start a new group and add to our current offerings! Most groups are held between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, with the exceptions being groups that are held in the evening time to accommodate school and work schedules. These groups may involve dinner and are held less frequently. Most groups are held after school and the kids get off their buses by 3:40 pm. On days off from school, groups may change to accommodate those hours.
Date Posted: 2024-04-08
