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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukie, OR 97222
Did you have mental health challenges as a child, young adult, or teen? Are you between the age of 18 and 35? Do you live in or near Clackamas County, Oregon or are able to commit to travel within the county? Would you like to help Middle and High School students obtain a better understanding of mental illness by sharing your own recovery story? Would you like to help us end the stigma surrounding mental illness and suicide? Become a Young Adult or Lead Presenter of Ending the Silence. As we move forward towards schools reopening full time in the Fall, we are looking for presenters who are able to attend in-person or online presentations during the weekdays at local Clackamas County middle and high schools. Presentations are primarily in the morning, but occasionally are given in the afternoon. Through this free classroom presentation, middle and high school students get to learn about mental health conditions, how to support their friends and how to get help. During the 60-minute presentation, a young adult living with mental illness, and an adult with a family member or loved one living with mental illness, tell their stories about mental health challenges, including what hurt and what helped. At each pre-scheduled presentation of Ending the Silence there are two presenters: Young Adult Presenter: A 15-minute presentation by someone who shares their own lived experience seeking mental health services as a child, teen, or young adult. The young adult speaker also shares their experience by answering questions from students and offering coping skills based on their own lived experience. Lead Presenter: An adult with a family member or loved one living with mental illness, who gives a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation to the students and teachers, leads discussions, and offers their experiences where appropriate. Training is required and will be provided. (self-paced online, and working with training coordinator) Why Ending the Silence Matters: 1 in 5 kids experiences a mental health condition; only 20% of them actually get help About 50% of students ages 14+ with a mental health condition will drop out of school Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for 15-24-year-olds The earlier the better: early identification and intervention provides better outcomes
Date Posted: Apr 17, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukie, OR 97222
Give Back - Make an Impact - Change Lives Volunteer to become a Connection Support Group Facilitator! Are you living with and managing a mental health condition? Are you interested in learning skills to help support others? If so, you may be the perfect person to be a NAMI Connection Support Group Facilitator! NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups are a peer-based, mutual support group program for any adult living with a mental illness. Connection groups are led by two trained facilitators who are in recovery themselves and are at a point where they want to "give back to others" by offering encouragement and support through their own experiences. Successful facilitators are good listeners with an empathetic ear. Groups are confidential, led by trained peer facilitators, and free to attend. The 90 minute weekly meetings, currently being held on Zoom, provide a supportive place for people to share their experiences, learn from others and know that they are not alone. While support groups are casual, there is some meeting structure to give all participants the opportunity to confront and discuss challenges, share resources and/or wellness strategies, and connect with one another. Volunteers need to commit to facilitating a group for at least one year. Training is required and provided for this opportunity. If you want to improve your own health while helping others, this is for you. "At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished... it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back." - Denzel Washington
Date Posted: Apr 17, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukie, OR 97222
Sharing is caring. Are you ready to share your story? NAMI’s exclusive presentation, In Our Own Voice , features four pairs of people on video and one pair "live, all sharing the struggles and successes with their mental health. Called "the ultimate empathy builder", In Our Own Voice humanizes this thing we call "mental illness" as 10 different people share their experiences from discovery to recovery. YOU COULD BE ONE OF THEM. We are actively seeking "live" presenters who are willing to tell their story to audiences eager to learn that they are not alone when wondering how to support themselves and/or their loved ones dealing with the challenges that come with mental health issues. Currently all presentations are Zoom based. We anticipate including in-person presentations later this year depending upon what’s happening with Covid. WHAT’S INVOLVED? A full day of training to prepare and deliver your story, along with ongoing coaching, are provided at no cost. Presentations are scheduled by staff and sent to all qualified presenters, giving you the option to participate or not. Your time commitment would vary, as presentations last 60-90 minutes depending upon audience questions. Each presenter is featured for a total of 5-7 minutes throughout the presentation. We ask that each presenter commit to at least six presentations in their first 12 months after training. INTERESTED? WANT TO LEARN MORE?? Contact Sheri at volunteercoor@namicc.org "Sharing my story has been as therapeutic for me as it has been for my audiences."
Date Posted: May 25, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
Help NAMI Clackamas Bring Informational Presentations on Mental Health to our Community! Volunteer as our Webinar Series Coordinator Ask the Expert is an informational webinar series during which professionals, advocates and other NAMI experts answer questions about mental health. Presentations are held monthly for 1 hour every 2nd Tuesday and cover a wide range of topics Currently all presentations are virtual via Zoom, but in the future, we foresee a hybrid of an in-person meeting, where the presenter will either be in-person at the meeting location, or on a big screen via Zoom at the meeting location. Responsibilities: Identify topics that would be of interest to our community of people who live with mental health issues or those that love someone who does. Find and recruit speakers who can address those topics on a monthly basis, particularly focused on special months such as Mental Health Awareness Month or Minority Mental Health Month. Speakers will need to be lined up 2 months in advance of their presentation. Get a write-up from the speaker in a timely manner, which at times will require writing something yourself and getting the speaker’s approval. May also involve editing the length of a speaker’s write-up and getting their approval. Provide the speakers with needed information regarding in-person presentations, (via email templates that will need to be updated for each presentation) or register them in Zoom and ensure they receive the link. Submit the write-up in a timely manner to the Outreach and Development Coordinator for our monthly newsletter. Required Skills: Highly reliable and must be able to commit to at least 6 months with an average of 5 hours per month Strong communication and phone skills Willingness to make cold-calls and send emails Most of the emails are already in templates, and lists of previous topics and/or speakers will be provided to help with ideas Must have a computer, reliable internet connection and experience in internet research Strong writing skills Knowledge of, and willingness to download and use Google Drive Some knowledge of mental illness, either as someone who lives with a mental health issue or has a family member that does, or someone who works in the mental health field, is helpful, but not required
Date Posted: May 19, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukie, OR 97222
Share your lived experience to help other families by becoming a NAMI Basics teacher. NAMI Clackamas is seeking volunteers to teach our NAMI Basics. If you have lived experience of raising a child or adolescent with a mental health condition, this is a great way to give back and help other families facing similar challenges. NAMI Basics is a free six-session class (once a week) for parents and other family caregivers of children and adolescents who have either been diagnosed with a mental health condition or who are experiencing symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed. It is taught by people who have been there--who have parented a child with a mental health condition. Requirements include taking the Basics class and then attending a Basics Teacher Training. Training can be done online. Classes are currently being held via Zoom. Possible in-person classes to be determined later this year, but will be held based on teacher availability and preference for online or in-person.
Date Posted: Apr 17, 2022
