About the role
Overview
Works with Site Manager to ensure meaningful community related opportunities for the volunteers as well as ensure all required documentation is appropriately completed and maintained. Transports volunteers to and from program site as well as to volunteer job opportunity locations or other community outreach based activities.
Responsibilities
Primary duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Ensure safety of program volunteers while at program site and during community based activities.
- Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities.
- Assumes responsibility of overseeing overall functioning of site in the absence of Site Manager including supervising DSP’s.
- Works with Site Manager scheduling all program activities and volunteer opportunities.
- Works with Site Manager to maintain accurate written records as needed.
- Trains program volunteers to perform functional/meaningful and/or volunteer job tasks to the best of their abilities and to interact appropriately with peers and with persons in the community.
- Assists Site Manager in maintaining communication with parents/correspondents, advocates and MSC of volunteers regarding progress, problems and all pertinent information that needs to be disseminated.
- Acts as a liaison between voluntary job site staff and program volunteers.
- Reports volunteers success/satisfaction and/or problems/concerns encountered during day activities to volunteer’s Site Manager.
- Ensures protection of volunteer’s from neglect/abuse during program hours. Reports incidents to administration in a timely fashion.
- To promote and reinforce all agency philosophies including the guiding principles.
- Required to successfully complete and maintain all mandated trainings/certifications as determined by the needs of program volunteers/site.
- Performs additional duties as requested by supervisor.
Personal outcome measures’ training is required prior to completion of evaluations and assessments.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or Equivalent.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- A valid NYS Driver's license and needs to be and remain a Qualified driver.
- AMAP/First Aid/CPR/SCIP-R Training preferred.
- Minimum 6 months experience working with people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities but 1 year is preferred.
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