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About the Role
CENTER FOR FAMILY LIFE is seeking enthusiastic individuals to serve as AmeriCorps Volunteers to support youth engagement programs and promote student leadership development and career readiness. Volunteers will work collaboratively with staff, gain experience with middle schoolers, and learn about the social work group model. The ideal candidate has knowledge and a demonstrated interest in working with youth and will utilize a strengths-based approach to enrich the lives of youth, families, and the community.
Responsibilities
- Supervise students in a variety of activities and clubs focused on arts, homework assistance and enrichment, team building and leadership development.
- Co-facilitate afterschool clubs with CFL staff members.
- Attend trainings relating to social group work and team meetings.
- Assist in the design and implementation of special events for middle school students, families and the community.
- Co-facilitate weekly arts and/or teambuilding activities.
- Perform office duties as necessary, including light data entry, filing, copying, and answering phones.
Requirements
- Some college experience preferred.
- Experience working with youth on leadership development, service learning, and/or college exploration.
- Must enjoy working with middle school students, working in groups, collaborating with others, and being part of a community.
- Bilingual in English/Spanish or English/Chinese is a plus.
- Experience with role playing games is a plus.
- 3 references required (2 must be professional).
- Detail-oriented, flexible, and a team player.
- Must have a sensitivity to cultural differences present among staff and students.
- Must possess a strong belief in people’s ability to grow and change; forge a mutually respectful partnership with persons served and their families.
- Must have the ability to set limits and to intervene appropriately; always maintains helping role of practitioner.
- Must be comfortable in shadowing and assisting experienced teaching artists.
- Build and maintain close, daily interactions with participants, coworkers, and supervisors.
- Have a strong sensitivity to cultural differences present among staff and clients within our organization.
- Possess a strong belief in young people’s ability to grow and change.
- Has a flexible personality, ready to switch tasks when asked.
Skills
- Youth engagement
- Student leadership development
- Career readiness
- Social work group model
- Strengths-based approach
- Arts
- Homework assistance
- Enrichment activities
- Team building
- Leadership development
- Special event planning
- Data entry
- Filing
- Copying
- Answering phones
- Role playing games
Location
- Sunset Park Brooklyn
- MS936
Work Type
- Part-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Volunteer
Education Level
- Some college experience preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Bi-weekly living allowance of $750.00
- $2,817.14 educational award upon completion
About the Company
- CENTER FOR FAMILY LIFE is a nationally recognized social service program in Sunset Park Brooklyn.
Equal Opportunity
- NYC Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. It is the Agency’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Center for Family Life in Sunset Park does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, sexual and reproductive health decisions, height and weight, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual and reproductive health decisions, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex stereotyping, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition or information, family care or medical leave status, military caregiver status, military status, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, enrollment in a public assistance program, engaging in protected communications regarding employee wages, requesting a reasonable accommodation on the basis of disability or bona fide religious belief or practice, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Consistent with the law, CFLSP also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees; for pregnant employees who request an accommodation with the advice of their health care providers, for pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; for employees who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and for applicants and employees based on their religious beliefs and practices.