Christie Lake Kids
Posted on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Volunteer Position Title: Program Support Volunteers
Volunteer Time Frame: Ongoing
Contact Name & Number: Adam Janes 613-868-1996
Email: ajanes@christielakekids.com
Website: www.christielakekids.com
Location: Ottawa ON
Mission:
We offer year-round programs to Ottawa’s most vulnerable children, giving them the chance to learn physical, character and social skills in a safe, encouraging, inclusive environment.
More than 600 kids from low-income families attend after-school and weekend programs like Art, Music and Hockey at inner-city community centres and spend two weeks every year at Christie Lake Camp in Perth. All of our programs are offered free of charge and with all supplies and transportation included!
Our staff and volunteers provide outreach throughout the year, surrounding children with support ~ teaching, encouraging and inspiring.
Volunteer Position Description:
STAR (skills through arts and recreation) is an offering of after school and weekend programs for children and youth in low-income communities. These programs are developed to build skills and eliminate barriers to success.
A program support volunteer would be engaged in several programs two or three nights a week in one or more of our five locations. They would be providing support to the various programs either in a leadership or support role based on their skills, comfortability and experience.
Experience:
• Working with children and/or youth in a community based program setting,
• Positive and engaging in an unstructured and structured environment
• Working with c/y with seen and unseen barriers (asset)
• Skill in program(s) of choice (asset)
• Knowledge of the social sector, training in program delivery and healthy childhood development (asset)
Volunteer Requirements:
• Police Records Check for the Vulnerable Sector
• Full application and agreement with CLK policies
• Two References (to be added in application)
Volunteers are required to attend orientation, training and team building events along with their time in programs.
How to Apply: To express your interest, please contact Adam Janes at ajanes@christielakekids.com .
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