Volunteers are a significant part of our staff.  We have 16 different opportunities (job) titles and can place over 70 volunteers at a time.

• Group Aid (4-5)
  Responsibilities:  Assist the Group Facilitator to provide supervision of the youth group members and offer individual assistance as needed.  The groups include Pre-teen Anger Management, Sandcastles™ Divorce Support Seminars, and Home Detention weekly tutoring, Social Skills Training, and other youth support groups.
  

• Sandcastles Seminar Facilitator  (4-5)
  Responsibilities:  Facilitate Sandcastles Divorce Support Seminars for youth ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-13, or 14-17.  Supervise Group Aid.  Produce the follow-up newsletter.

• Community Service Work Skills Educator:  (2)
  Responsibilities:  Facilitate youth group on work related skills.  Take attendance, report completed hours to Community Service Program Coordinator.

• Child Care Worker  (1-2)
  Responsibilities:  Provide supervision and safe activities for children while parent(s) attend a workshop.

• Community Service Activity Supervisor  (1-3)
  Responsibilities:  Organize, supervise and assist youth with Community Service Activities in the community.  Ensure safe participation, adequate work performance, and assignment of appropriate duties.  Take attendance and report completed hours to Community Service Program Coordinator.

• Community Service Program Assistant  (1)
  Responsibilities:  Assist the Community Service Program Coordinator with the day to day operation of the program, organize community service projects and monthly calendar for youth, and assist with weekly client and work site contacts.

• School Mentor Program Assistant  (1)
  Responsibilities:  Assist the School Mentoring Program Coordinator with the day to day operations of the program.  Contact clients and mentors to assess progress, assist with client and mentor file maintenance.  Assist with training preparation and year-end celebration.

• Public Relations specialist  (1)
  Responsibilities:  Publish our internal newsletter (every other month) and external newsletter (two times a year).  Update our Publisher documents as needed (flow chart, parent handbook, fliers).

• Volunteer Coordinator (1)
  Responsibilities:  Recruit, screen and coordinate our volunteers.
• Hmong Interpreter (1)
  Responsibilities:  Translate forms into the Hmong written language and serve as an interpreter during meetings as needed.
• Computer Specialist (1)
  Responsibilities: Maintain our web site, conduct web searches, and provide technical support and assistance.
• School Mentor (70)
  Responsibilities:  Provide support and encouragement to a student (grades K-8) through a one to one relationship; be a positive role model; provide safety and friendship.
• Youth Education 
  Responsibilities:  Provide tutoring services to youth in the group home.  Develop educational bulletin boards on social, health or prevention topics (i.e. racism, eating disorders, self esteem, effects of tabacco, dating violence, grief and loss cycle, Earth Day, Black History Month, Hmong New Years).