Children's Aid Society

Date/Time

Date(s) - Jan 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2023
All Day

Description

The following ongoing volunteer opportunities are available:

Donation/Clothing Room Assistant

• Keep donations area clean and tidy
• Organize shelves according to season
• Prepare infant layettes
• Assist parents and staff in selecting holiday gifts for children
• Special assignments, as required
• Commitment required: varies (2-3 months)

Driver

• Drive children to and from appointments/visits, as scheduled
• Ensure child is picked up on time from scheduled pick-up point and passed to a responsible adult at place of appointment
• Conveys pertinent information back to worker/agency that may be observed or verbalized by child during trips
• Commitment required: 8 months with an average of approximately 2-3 hours per week

Foster Care Recruitment

• Volunteers assist with recruitment of foster parents
• Volunteers work with the Foster Care team to set up contacts
• Distribute foster care materials to various organizations, businesses and community partners on a bi-weekly basis

Life Book Volunteer

• Volunteers assist with recruitment of foster parents
• Volunteers work with the Foster Care team to set up contacts
• Distribute foster care materials to various organizations, businesses and community partners on a bi-weekly basis

Parent Aid

• Provide support, friendship and encouragement to an isolated high risk mother in a non-professional relationship
• Provide role modeling to enhance parenting and coping skills
• Help reduce the isolation felt by many mothers
• Assist client in connecting to community resources and in building own social network
• Commit to regular weekly meetings with client
• Initiate contact with worker(s)/ Coordinator, Volunteer Resources as required and if situation warrants
• Communicate with Social Worker at intervals according to Volunteer Services Contract
• Commitment required: one year

Parent Relief

• To care for children of a family for a few hours to give parents some private time
• To develop and participate in constructive and safe activities with the children
• To communicate regularly with the family case workers according to the Volunteer Services Contract
• Commitment required: 6 months

Recreation Buddy

• Spend time providing and engaging in a recreational outing with a child or youth
• Help expose them to low cost, community recreational activities on a weekly basis.
• Instil the interest and value of continued recreation pursuits as a benefit to a child or youth
• Commitment required: 6 months

Special Friend

• Provide the interest, affection and guidance of a caring adult through one to one relationship and regular outings/activities
• Improve, if necessary, the child’s/teen’s self esteem, self confidence and initiative
• Role model, as appropriate to assignment, consistency, acceptable behaviour, responsibility, etc.
• Assist child/teen to develop these qualities
• Relate to and participate in effective supervision with case worker
• Report to worker/supervisor or Coordinator, Volunteer Resources any matters of urgent concern immediately and to report regularly according to Volunteer Services Contract
• Plan for and seek worker’s assistance in terminating the assignment when necessary and to model appropriate behaviours for parting and farewell
• Seek to develop a congenial relationship with family
• Commitment required: one year

Special Project/Events

• Helping with special events/ projects.
• Christmas Hamper program (delivery, wrapping and sorting gifts, etc.)
• Fundraising events
• Committee meetings (project work related to Christmas Committee, Child Abuse Prevention Month, etc.)
• Mall Displays and Recruitment Fairs
• Commitment required: monthly (i.e. October – Child Abuse Prevention Month; December – Christmas Program)

Toy Room Assistant

• Volunteers inventory, shelve, clean and re-shelve toys as appropriate for each developmental age group
• Organizing toy room for the children’s access visits so families and children can utilize age appropriate toys during their visits.

Tutor

• To provide tutoring and one -to-one attention to a child/teen to improve school performance in a subject or subjects
• To work to increase both the young person’s skills and self confidence in his/her ability
• To attempt to develop a more positive attitude to school and learning if needed
• To help children overcome schooling lags resulting from frequent moves or turmoil in family setting
• To liaise with teacher/school as appropriate
• Able to advocate for child with school if needed
• To seek to develop positive relationship with family/foster family
• To provide structure and direction to enhance study skills and approach to school work
• To provide maximum possible encouragement of effort
• To provide feedback to child’s worker according to the Volunteer Services Contract
• Commitment required: for the school year (September to June) or requested months (i.e. February to April)

Volunteer Advisory Board

• Board members meet monthly from Sept- June to make recommendations on ways to improve volunteer services to the children and families we serve.
• Review and revise Volunteer Training Plan based on annual survey/evaluations.
• Review and revise Volunteer Program purpose, goals and objectives annually
• Assist with agency/volunteer program promotion and recruitment through volunteer fairs and various venues around the city.
• Plan annual volunteer recognition event
• Host and organize various gatherings (both socially and for education purposes) for all registered volunteers
• Commitment required: minimum one year term

Must be 18 years +