High School Diploma Job Portland area,Oregon USA,Social Work

Opportunities to serve with JVC Northwest exist in the five beautiful states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska in remote, rural, and urban settings. Click the pins to read about each locale.

Jesuit Volunteers also have the opportunity to serve in other US regions through our sibling organization, Jesuit Volunteer Corps .

Below is a list of opportunities organized by location and by category of service. As part of your application to become a Jesuit Volunteer, we’ll ask about your service preferences, but we ask all applicants to be open to where the need is greatest, and we may ask you to consider options you had not initially thought about. Visit The JV Experience to learn more about the application process.

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Position Focus

Ameri Corps Status

Ameri Corps

Service Impact Area

Capacity Building

Primary Role

Activities or Day Space Coordination (Ameri Corps)

Length of Service Term

12 months

Primary Service Area

Substance Addiction/Recovery/Prevention

Populations Served

Current or formerly incarcerated, Individual with physical or intellectual disabilities, Latinx communities, Survivors of DVSA, Individuals experiencing housing instability and/or houselessness, Individuals with mental illness, Other

Other Issues and Roles

Criminal Justice/Incarceration, Social Services, Mental Health Substance Addiction/Recovery/Prevention Women's Shelter/Program

Brief Position

Description:

The Recreation Services Coordinator is the program's primary position responsible for planning, scheduling, and implementing the recreational activities offered to our residential clients through our treatment program. The recreation services are aimed at exposing clients to a wide variety of recreational activities, both spectator- and participant-oriented. These include trips to area museums, theaters, music performances, professional and college sporting and performance events, pottery painting, kayaking, bowling, rock climbing, hiking, fishing;

as well as longer-term commitments such as a summer softball league and winter/spring basketball league. In addition, the position contributes to a host of other direct-service and advocacy offerings, including group facilitation, basic service coordination and case management.

Day in Life of JV

8:00a-8:30a:
Recreation Services Coordinator arrives to service and meets with the Assistant Program Director to prepare for co-facilitating the Mindfulness group. The APD is a former JV and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor with 19 years experience in social services.
8:30a-9:50a:
Co-facilitate Mindfulness. This is an interactive group with 10-15 clients.
10:00a-11:20a:
Co-facilitate a peer Process Group with Counselor Stephanie Pozuelos. Stephanie, a dual language clinician and graduate of PSU's School of Social Work has 6 years of work experience in the field.
11:30a-12:30p: break time and time to eat lunch in the MRC dining room. The daily lunch is an opportunity for staff and clients to gather in a casual, social atmosphere.
12:30p-1:15p:
Meet with the MRC's Residential Treatment Supervisor for supervision. The RTS has an open, social services-driven supervision style. This emphasizes supervision and growth as something that takes place in both structured supervision time and out in the field. As a result, the RTS seeks to serve alongside the Coordinator to address both theoretical and actual situations that arise within the scope of their service.

In addition to the program expectations of the position, the RTS encourages the Coordinator to develop specific goals to strive towards throughout their service year. These goals relate specifically to the Ameri Corps Capacity Building projects driven…