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Flexible Schedule
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GRESHAM, OR 97080
Our next volunteer training is on Monday, August 16th from 4:00pm-5:30pm. Please fill out a Volunteer Packet and email us at: volunteer@therapyworksnw.com to let us know you will be attending! Volunteer packets can be found here: https://secureservercdn.net/50.62.174.189/02x.e04.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/New-Volunteer-Packet-2021.pdf TherapyWorks NW is a nonprofit pediatric therapy clinic offering physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and hippotherapy. We have horses and a small horse barn for our hippotherapy. There are always chores to be done in the barn and we could use some help with horse feeding and stall cleaning! A weekly shift can be chosen or our hours can be flexible and based on a fill-in basis for when you have availability to come out. *Covid-19 precautions are in place: masks are required in the barn for staff, volunteers, and visitors when the arena is closed and when social distancing is not possible temperature scans are required at the beginning of each shift and recorded on a clipboard with pre-screening questions we have surgical masks, gloves, face shields, and protective eyeglasses available for volunteers to use
Date Posted: Jul 20, 2021
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Flexible Schedule
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GRESHAM, OR 97080
Our next volunteer training is on Monday, August 16th from 4:00pm-5:30pm. Please fill out a Volunteer Packet and email us at: volunteer@therapyworksnw.com to let us know you will be attending! Volunteer packets can be found here: https://secureservercdn.net/50.62.174.189/02x.e04.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/New-Volunteer-Packet-2021.pdf TherapyWorks NW is a pediatric therapy clinic specializing in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Hippotherapy. Hippotherapy is a treatment strategy utilized by our therapy practitioners in which our patients have 15-20 minute sessions incorporating equine movement. Hippotherapy at our clinic is utilized in conjunction with Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Speech-Language Pathology. During a Hippotherapy session, we have the client on the horse, a horse handler, a licensed therapy professional, and a sidewalker volunteer (that could be you!) who walks along beside the horse. A sidewalker, depending on the client, may engage with the therapist and client during the session. Sidewalkers are very important to the safety of the client and must be aware of the client's and horse's movements at all times. The sidewalker also helps with horse care and barn chores. If interested, a sidewalker may also learn about and assist the horse handlers with infrared heat treatment, microcurrent, and use of massagers. An interested volunteer should be comfortable around horses. Prior experience being around horses is not required. The volunteer needs to be able to walk for continuous periods of time with their arm extended upwards, holding the client's leg while walking alongside the horse, and be strong enough to lift 30-50 lbs. momentarily (not repeated lifting, only for emergency dismounts). We have found that longer term volunteers work best in our program so that our clients and the horses have some consistency. Our clients range in ages from birth to adolescence. We have many clients with developmental and/or behavioral disabilities, therefore, we need volunteers who are sensitive to those with special needs. We require sidewalkers to be at least 17 years of age. Current shifts are: Wednesdays 9:00 am-12:00 pm Please contact us and come on out to see what it is all about. It is a fun volunteer job. We look forward to meeting you! *Covid-19 precautions are in place. We require masks to be worn in the barn by all staff and visitors, excluding clients. We have surgical masks and face shields for volunteers to use as well. Thank You!
Date Posted: Jul 7, 2021
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Flexible Schedule
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GRESHAM, OR 97080
TherapyWorks NW is a nonprofit pediatric therapy clinic providing Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Therapy, and Hippotherapy to children with developmental and behavioral disabilities. We are seeking some tech help from someone who is a website design pro and who would be available to walk us through how to make certain edits on our site. Our website editing is done through WordPress and our domain hosting is through GoDaddy. We are interested in revamping our overall website layout, pages, uploading more images, adding cool widgets, and more! You can take a peek at our website here: www.therapyworksnw.com There is no specified start date or end date as this is will be set up to work together once a week (or once every other week), for 1-2 hours at a time, based on the selected volunteer's availability. Please email Ellisa, our Clinic Manager, at: ellisa@therapyworksnw.com if you are interested in this volunteer position with any questions and/or to learn more information. Thank you for your time and consideration in helping our clinic!
Date Posted: Jul 7, 2021
