Parent Support Services of BC (Volunteer Facilitator for Parent Support Group)

Organization Name: Parent Support Services of BC
Opportunity Title: Volunteer Facilitator for Parent Support Group
Category: Social and Community Service
Commitment: 6 months to 1 year, Ongoing Opportunity (> 1 year)
Start Date: February 1, 2018
End Date: February 12, 2018

Email: daniela.alvarado-torres@parentsupportbc.ca
Website: http://www.parentsupportbc.ca/
Details:

• Background/police check requiredAppropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55Appropriate for volunteers aged 55 and overFamily-oriented volunteeringTraining or orientation required

Opportunity Description:

Parent Support Service of BC is a non-profit organization, with a mission to protect the safety and well-being of children and promote the health of all families by partnering with those in a parenting role and their communities to build support, advocacy, education, research, and resources.

We are holding a facilitator training seminar on February 23-25, 2018. Applicants must attend the full 20h Training. See below for dates and times.

Friday 23rd: 6pm to 9:30pm

Saturday 24th: 9am to 5:15pm

Sunday 25th: 9am to 5:15pm

Every fiscal year, we facilitate 5 training seminars (in different regions in BC) for volunteers who are willing to commit for 2-3 hours a week for a minimum of 1 year. We require that all volunteers partake in our 20h training, in order to qualify as volunteer facilitators with PSS. This is to ensure that our volunteers are knowledgeable about our services; learn how to utilize the self-help, peer support model; and to ensure that our services and practice is consistent and reliable.

Qualifications:

Good Listening and Interpersonal Skills
An Interest in Improving Caregiver and Child Relationships
Basic Understanding of Child Development and Parenting Issues
Willing to do Community Outreach
Speak English, Filipino, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, and/or other languages

Benefits:

Extensive Facilitation Training & Continuing Education Will Be Provided
Develop Skills for Career & Personal Growth
Letter of Reference Upon Request (Minimum 1Year Commitment

To register, please fill out the PDF form on our website http://www.parentsupportbc.ca/volunteers/

and email it to daniela.alvarado-torres@parentsupportbc.ca.

For more information about Parent Support Services, please visit our website at www.parentsupportbc.ca