Volunteer
We love volunteers! Last year, volunteers provided more than 80,000 hours of support to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County (SVdP)
- the equivalent of 42 full time staff positions! Volunteers help with all aspects of the organization, ranging from serving food to providing administrative support to painting. In all cases, volunteers help to promote human dignity and improve the lives of the poor.
Children's Play Area Monitor
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| Title:
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Children's
Play Area Monitor |
| Reports
to: |
Visitation Center Supervisor |
| Location:
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2260
San Pablo Avenue Oakland, CA 94612 |
| Starting
Date: |
ASAP
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| Ending
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Ongoing
throughout the Summer months |
| Frequency:
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Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays 9:45 am - 12:15 pm |
| Duties:
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Monitor/assist
with infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers in the
Play Area while Mothers attend ESL (English as
a Second Language) classes here at the Visitation
Center .
- Monitor the
play area.
- Play or Read
with children
- Attempt to
ensure that all activities are safe.
- Interact with
children (and mothers when they are not in
class).
- Encourage children
to play within the designated play area.
- Clean up, straighten
out any equipment during and at end of session.
Helpful
Hints:
Many of the clients
are Spanish speaking, so some Spanish is preferred.
There are times when the children may get out
of hand. It is important to help maintain order
and if necessary to remind the mothers who are
in the Center and not part of the ESL Class to
supervise their own children. While the mothers
are in class you, will oversee the children. Remember:
SAFETY FIRST!!! Consistency is always better than
yelling. This is a great way to interact with
our clients, practice your Spanish and help others.
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For more
information about volunteering at St.
Vincent de Paul of Alameda , please contact the Volunteer
Manager at (510) 877-9237 or via
email at volunteer@svdp-alameda.org.
The Society of St. Vincent de
Paul is an international non-profit organization that
provides social services to people in need, regardless
of creed, opinion, color, caste or origin. "Need,
not creed determines who is helped." |
