Volunteer Opportunity – ICOP

Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners responds to emergency needs, moves families toward stability and positive change, and engages volunteers and partners in service, leadership, and capacity building.

Open Computer Lab Volunteer

Position Overview: Support and assist employment services maintaining an adult computer lab for IOCP clients as they job search, advance education, or work on training programs. Computer Lab is held Monday through Thursday, from 3-5pm. Eight volunteers needed for this position.

Key Responsibilities:
Support training coordinator with lab duties including:
- Working one on one in the lab with client’s job searching, advancing education, or enrolled in a training program.
- Working with coordinator to update job board and community resources
- Manage client sign-in/out sheets, user registrations, and name badges.

Time Commitment: 2 hours per week (Lab is open Monday-Thursday, 3-5 p.m.)

Qualifications:
- Skilled/regular computer user.
- Knowledge of email, internet search, and website access
- Enjoy working with others and teaching skills

Volunteer supervisor and contact information:
Rebecca Young, Employment Training Coordinator
ryoung@iocp.org, (763)489-7709

Leadership and Activities (LA) Club Mentor

Position Overview
CONECT serves more than 800 families through on-site resource centers, focusing on family stability, community building, youth success and adult employment. The LA Club mentor will work directly with CONECT staff to support and mentor a small group of 9th-12th grade economically disadvantaged youth in Plymouth. LA Club focuses on building life skills and growing confidence to help build strong leaders among teens. Members participate in a variety of volunteer and team-building activities.

Key Responsibilities
- Mentor adolescents by building a trusting relationship with youth
- Encourage youth to challenge themselves and grow as leaders among their peers and within the community
- Promote positive behavior among youth
- Work directly with CONECT staff to plan activities for the club
- Transport the club members using the CONECT van

Time Commitment: 8 hours per month

Volunteer supervisor and contact information:
Katie Jackelen, CONECT Program Coordinator
kjackelen@iocp.org, 763-489-7704

Project Success Meal Providers

Overview:
Project Success is a transitional housing and family support program that serves up to 16 low-income families who are homeless or imminently homeless. The program serves families who need to make significant changes to their situations to be able to maintain housing stability on their own. The program couples 6 months – 2 years of rent subsidy with intensive case management, employment services and other support services to provide housing stability while working to create family stability and self-sufficiency, with an emphasis on employment upgrades through education and skills training. The goal of Project Success is movement beyond the need for housing subsidy within 2 years.

Volunteer Event/Need:
Provide dinner for Project Success families, approximately 10-15 families (total of 10-25 people). Project Success families attend a group workshop 1x/month, the meal is served before the workshop.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide, prepare, deliver, and serve family-friendly dinner for Project Success participants and their children. Assist with clean-up and packaging of left over foods for families to bring home after the meal is served.

Time Commitment:
Groups held 1x/month at IOCP
Meal served between 5:30 and 6pm; arrive at location to set up meal at 5pm. Assist with clean-up until approximately 6:30pm.

Supervisor and contact information:
Courtney Flug
IOCP Case Manager
Office: 763-489-7539
Cell: 612-865-8859
cflug@iocp.org

CONECT Homework Helper

Position Overview: Homework clubs are held on-site in Plymouth neighborhoods served by IOCP’s CONECT program. Volunteers support the work of our homework clubs, providing opportunities for students living in one of eight communities to meet with caring volunteers for homework help, academic support, computer access, and positive mentoring.

Key Responsibilities:
- Help students, one-on-one or in small groups, with homework assignments.
- Motivate students to stay on task and complete their work.
- Assist students with computer tasks.
- Encourage academic achievement and progress.
- Provide general support and positive role modeling.

Time Commitment: Homework Helper Volunteers commit 1-2 hours of their time, 1 or 2 evenings a week (Monday-Thursday). Homework club runs from September-May, but volunteers can commit to the first half, second half, or full year of Homework Help. Clubs are held at eight affordable housing neighborhoods in Plymouth.

Supervisor and contact information:
Courtney Flug
IOCP Case Manager
Office: 763-489-7539
Cell: 612-865-8859
cflug@iocp.org

2 Responses to “Volunteer Opportunity – ICOP”

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  1. Liz Erstad-Hicks says:
    January 13, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    I’m thrilled to see that LEAD continues to help IOCP spread the word about our current volunteer needs. I few things need to be edited. Please let me know who to contact to share those changes. Many thanks!

    Liz Erstad-Hicks
    Community Engagement Coordinator
    763-489-7506
    lerstad-hicks@iocp.org

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