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Title
Playspace Activity Leader
Supervisor
Shelter Staff Liaison/Playspace Programs Site Coordinator
Responsibilities
To prepare and lead age appropriate activities, games, and/or projects with children in family shelter programs and battered women shelter programs; promote positive interactions.
Specific Duties
- Foster healthy development through interactions and play with children.
- Supervise age appropriate activities for 1 to 5 children.
- Coordinate clean up of the Playspace at the end of each shift.
- Maintain communication with shelter staff, Playspace Programs Site Coordinator and volunteer partner(s).
Qualifications
- Strong interest in preschool and school age children, patience, dependability, sensitivity to homeless issues; preschool or elementary teaching experience a plus.
- Must be at least 18 years old (or between 16 and 17 if accompanied by parent).
Benefits and Training
Initial orientation and training (6 hours). Ongoing support and continuing education opportunities. Opportunity to gain experience with children and obtain greater awareness of family homelessness. Additional training on domestic violence may be required at some battered women's shelters.
Hours
Days/early evenings.
Commitment
Steady weekly commitment of 2-3 hours per week. (2-hour shift, same day and time each week, plus additional time for planning and transportation.)
Minimum of 6 months.
Regions - click here for list of locations
Contact
Horizons for Homeless Children (617) 445-1480 or (800) 560-7702
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