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CSER 503-001: LIBERTY GODPARENT HOME
CSER 507-001: CENTRAL VIRGINIA COMMUNITY SERVICES
CSER 509-001: LYNCHBURG JUVENILE DETENTION HOME
CSER 511-001: PRESBYTERIAN HOME
CSER 515-001: OPPORTUNITY HOUSE
CSER 516-001: SPARC HOUSE
CSER 518-001: PATRICK HENRY BOYS & GIRLS HOME
CSER 519-001: MILLER HOME FOR GIRLS
CSER 535-001: OLD DOMINION JOB CORPS (STARS INITIATIVE)
CSER 541-001: DAWSON MCALLISTER ASSOCIATION HOPELINE
CSER 543-001: SALVATION ARMY - INNER CITY
CSER 503-001: LIBERTY GODPARENT HOME
Supervisor: Sherita Brown (592-4407 or Email)
Houseparent Assistant - This person would assist the houseparent with daily household duties.
Tutor - This person would assist the educational coordinator in meeting the academic needs of the girls in our program.
Office Assistant - The assistant would help with the clerical functions of the maternity home, such as answering the phones, filing, compiling application and information packets.
All interested students should contact Sherita Brown to schedule an interview.
Last updated: 8/16/12
Supervisor: Kathy Banks (948-4831 or Email)
Central Virginia Community Services provides the opportunity to gain clinical experience through our internship programs. Internship placements can be found in either Adult & Family Services or Child and Family Services. Some benefits of your internship include direct clinical experience with clients; supervision from experienced and supportive clinicians, training in writing progress notes, treatment plans, and other clinical documentation; and increased knowledge of community resources. The following departments have need for volunteers: MH/MR Case Management and MH Supports; Parent Center; School Based MH programs - Day Treatment; Outpatient Services - Health & Education; Detoxification Program.
Last updated: 3/5/13
CSER 509-001: LYNCHBURG JUVENILE DETENTION HOME
Supervisor: JT Smith (455-7864 or Email)
A. To provide tutoring services to juveniles to improve reading and writing skills that hopefully will serve to enhance individual self-esteem.
B. Art majors, or those students skilled in crafts, are needed to assist in teaching arts & crafts to juveniles in our custody. Hopefully this interaction would also serve to enhance the self-esteem of the juveniles, and will let them know that someone is interested in them as human beings.
Last updated: 2/17/09
CSER 511-001: PRESBYTERIAN HOME
Supervisor: Brandon Gregory (455-3636 or Email)
Since our start in 1903, we have helped over 10,000 individuals become healthier, more independent citizens through programs that address emotional, physical and spiritual needs. We provide residential homes, a preschool and an independent living program on our Lynchburg campus for children and teens, and group homes across Virginia for adults with intellectual disabilities. Presbyterian Homes & Family Services accepts clients from all walks of life. Our ministry promotes dignity and develops potential by transforming the lives of individuals, families and communities through nurture, healing and encouragement.
There are many opportunities to volunteer with us at PHFS, including mentoring, tutoring, recreational activities and special events. We invite individuals and groups to share their time with our residents; providing positive and consistent role models who can be active in their lives.
Last updated: 7/27/11
CSER 515-001: OPPORTUNITY HOUSE
Supervisor: Linda Blass (455-4071 or Email) or Pam Johnson (455-4073 or Email)
Opportunity House is a community-based residential program for at-risk, male adolescents. Our mission is to offer youth and their families, solutions for life challenges by providing tools to build a better tomorrow. As a result of this mission, we view the youth as “students of life” and the staff and volunteers are the “teachers of life.”
Volunteers, working in a number of roles under the supervision of trained staff, can make a difference in the lives of our youth.
- Counseling practicum or internships can include not only individual and group work, but also, family counseling
- Tutoring or helping students with homework (research clearly shows that the further that one goes in school the less likely one is to penetrate the justice system.)
- Recreation leader (may include a number of activities ranging from jogging, hiking, fishing to group activities such as basketball).
- Arts and crafts facilitator
- Multi-cultural events coordinator
- Special group leader, e.g. Bible study
In addition to the roles where the volunteer works with the youth, volunteers can help behind the scenes by:
- Helping develop training PowerPoint’s or videos
- Painting or light maintenance
- Special cleaning, e.g. waxing floors
- Other special support projects—landscaping
Last updated: 2/17/09
CSER 516-001: SPARC HOUSE
Supervisor: Tracy Brown (455-4060 or Email) or Allison Misiano (455-4060 or Email)
SPARC House provides Shelter Care (short-term and long-term residential) to girls (ages 12-17) who are primarily referred by the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court and/or Social Services agencies in Lynchburg and surrounding counties. For girls in the full program the average length of stay is six to nine months, during which time, they are provided with individual and group counseling, as well as family meetings and structured home visits with their guardians. SPARC House has adopted the "Victim to Survivor" model to help transition these adolescents from "Victim Based Living" to "Survivor Based Living" in a seven gender specific behavioral modification focused program. Successful graduates are able to take accountability for their actions, have increased self-esteem, enhanced leadership skills, improved decision making skills, have completed several hours of community service, and have addressed issues of restorative justice with their victims.
Services provided to residents:
Independent living skills
Anger management skills
Social skills
Communication skills
Referral for necessary appointments (mental health, medication management, dental services, various medical conditions)
Individual counseling
Strong family component via bi-weekly family meetings to address placement issues, family stressors, parenting skills, and home visit follow-ups
Last updated: 2/18/09
Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation, Inc. is a private, non-profit children's home designed to provide boys and girls with a residential home based on Christian values. The program focuses on prevention rather than treatment. We have our residential care opportunities as well as outreach opportunities.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES:
Supervisor: Kathleen Lansing (376-2006 or Email)
The residential child-care program reaches out a loving hand to children ages 6-17. Volunteers have the opportunity to tutor and to assist with daily activities. Students may volunteer at the Boys Home in Brookneal, The Rustburg Girls Cottage, or the Bedford Girls Cottage. Ongoing Needs: African American male and female students to support our African American residents.
OUTREACH SERVICES:
Patriot Sports Program
Supervisor: Steph Kearns (376-2006 or Email)
Patriot sports is an outreach and community-based program offered by Patrick Henry Boy’s and Girl’s Homes. (Insert Mission Statement here – jobs here)
Camping Program Opportunities
Supervisor: Jon Isaman (376-2006 or Email)
CampBlast
Eating for a Cause Flier Team
Supervisor: Heather Bennett (376-2006 or Email)
Patrick Henry Boy's and Girl's Homes has been fortunate to partner with some of Lynchburg's most popular eateries. When people eat there on specific dates and at certain times, we receive a percentage of those sales! We call it "Eating For A Cause". We have need for people who would be willing to pass out fliers with detailed information about these events to help us promote their existence. Must be able to walk. Must be able to represent PHBGH in a manner that is friendly. Must not litter our materials for these events and must be able to meet contact person at agreed location to obtain fliers.
Last updated: 3/5/13
CSER 519-001: MILLER HOME FOR GIRLSSupervisor: Ashlie Manuel (845-0241 or Email)
Miller Home of Lynchburg is a residential group home for non-delinquent girls ages 5 to 18 who are unable to live with their parent/guardian. Students may volunteer Monday through Thursday in the evening and spend time tutoring, working with games and crafts, and playing outside with the residents. Other volunteer experiences will be considered on a case by case basis.
Last updated: 3/4/13
CSER 535-001: OLD DOMINION JOB CORPS
Supervisor: Reginald Walker (434-929-4081 or Email)
Job Corps' mission is to attract eligible young adults, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education. The STARS initiative is a mentoring and tutoring program that uses volunteers to help this young men and women achieve these goals.
Last update: 6/21/10
CSER 541-001: DAWSON MCALLISTER ASSOCIATION HOPELINE
Supervisor: Patricia TenHuisen (717-566-9721 or Email)
Dawson McAllister Association's HopeLine's mission is to reach, rescue and restore teenagers and young adults. TheHopeLine is an off-air line that listens, encourages, shares the love of Christ, prayer and offers a Christian perspective and resources to further their healing process. A student HopeCoach is trained to listen, encourage, offer scripture and a Christian perspective, prays and offers resources to teens and young adults through the phones and chats.
Last updated: 9/27/10
CSER 543-001: SALVATION ARMY - INNER CITY
Supervisor: Rachel Self (845-5939 or Email), Wayne Wade (426-3388 or Email), Laura Bryant (845-5939 or Email), Family Store/Christmas Volunteers: Nancy Shivers (847-4284 or Email), Food Services/Kitchen: Carol Kirby (845-5939 or Email), Property/Maintenance: Tony Siever (845-5939 or Email)
The Salvation Army (TSA) offers several volunteer opportunities: the Soup Kitchen, Noah’s Ark Day Care, the Youth Program, the Family Store, Learning Room, Property Maintenance, and the Red Kettles. In the Soup Kitchen, TSA serves breakfast and dinner 365 days a year. Volunteers are needed to set up, prepare, serve, clean up and minister to the guests. Noah’s Ark Day Care provides low cost daycare to low income families. Volunteers are needed to assist in the classrooms, interact with the children and help with after-school activities. The Youth Program is open everyday from 4 until 6 p.m. The Youth Program provides a meal, help with homework and a safe place for inner city youth to come after school. Volunteers are needed to help with homework, play games and interact with the youth. The Family Store is a resale store that is open M-F from 9-5. Volunteers are needed to help process, sort and price donations. The Family Store ministers to clients of TSA as well as to the general public. The Learning Room is in need of tutors for young children. Contact Kirby Crews at (Email) if interested in this opportunity. Red Kettle volunteers are needed to ring the bell at area red kettles between mid November and Christmas Eve. All funds raised from the red kettles go to help families in need in Central Virginia.
Last updated: 4/19/13
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