Volunteer Opportunity Details:
| Last updated on October 15, 2009 |
Wonderful opportunity to make a difference in our community!!!!!
2 Positions Available
Position 1 Focus: Children & Family Programs and Volunteer Coordination
Position 2 Focus: Facility Coordination – Program Intake – Women’s Education & Life Skills Development
Type of Service: Resident volunteer position (female, 2 positions) in a transitional program for women and their children, provide facility and administrative support, work with the women and their children
Term of Service: Long-term, one complete calendar year,
Start Dates:
• Position 1 Focus: Facility Coordination – Program Intake – Women’s Education & Life Skills Development – Immediately
• Position 1 Focus: Children & Family Programs and Volunteer Coordination – December 2009
Responsibilities and Duties
• Resident Volunteer plays an integral role in supporting the overall mission of the program: to be an integral member of the staff team and to live on-site as supervisory staff.
• Resident Volunteer is a member of the staff team, involved in administrative and facility support, is involved in all areas of the program, in one of two positions as Facility & Women’s Program Coordinator or Volunteer & Family Program Coordinator:
Facility & Women’s Program Coordinator
o Facility Coordination
o Daily program coordination
o Coordination of women’s education and life skills development
Volunteer & Family Program Coordinator
o Recruit, train, supervise volunteers for the organization
o Daily program coordination
o Coordination of children’s programs and family programming
• Resident Volunteer is responsible for engaging in the daily activities of the Program.
Basic Benefits: Room/Board, monthly stipend, strong leadership training
Schedule: Some flexibility; weekend and evening work
Mission Statement: Elizabeth House is a transitional program for women and children who have experienced homelessness, violence, addiction, or poverty. Our mission is to support women and children in their transition to independence. We are dedicated to creating, nurturing, and maintaining a cooperative living environment of hospitality and respect in the Catholic Worker tradition.
Program Description: Oakland Elizabeth House was founded in 1991, and the program is housed in the former convent of in North Oakland. In a primarily volunteer based cooperative model of living, staff, participants, and volunteers work together to support each other for the well-being of all.
Oakland Elizabeth House offers a transitional housing program to nine families. The program provides structure, support, and resources for the women and their families to meet benchmarks that will help them to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency. Program participants are given a key to their room and a key to the front door. This makes Elizabeth House unique from other programs; we want the women to feel that they belong here at Elizabeth House and that this is the family’s home while in our program. A family will participate and live at Elizabeth House from 12 to 18 months. Our success rate is about 85 - 90%, measured by the number of participants who obtain permanent housing when they leave our program and maintain housing on their own.
Qualifications:
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