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A'mut
A’mut is a culture-based, full-time attendance program helping aboriginal girls change the direction of their lives by learning to make healthy choices and develop new skills. Operated from a spacious house on a residential street in Surrey, A’mut is a four-bed residential program designed with the needs and interests of female Indigenous youth in mind. Offered as an alternative to incarceration, A’mut is staffed by a caring team of gender-responsive, trauma-informed professionals that includes a clinical counselor, an art therapist and a First Nations elder.
Practicum student shadows staff to learn and experience the day-to-day interactions with our population of self-identified female, Indigenous, adjudicated youth, the daily routines of the program and engage in the variety of activities offered.
Available Roles
Downtown Community Court
The purpose of the volunteer court runner is to assist clients of the Downtown Community Court in navigating the court process. Court runners accompany clients required to attend services within the court complex, transfer documents, and interact with crown counsel, defense counsel, judges, Corrections staff, Vancouver Coastal Health staff, and others involved in the court process.
Requirements:
● Must be 19 years of age
● Must provide 3 professional references
● Must successfully participate in an interview and orientation
● Must undergo a satisfactory criminal record check
● Must have strong communication skills
● Must be reliable, responsible and caring
● Must be mature and non-judgmental
