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Community Companions Support Volunteer
Community Companions Support Volunteer
The Community Companions program strives to help children develop in the areas of communication, functional living, and gross and fine motor, recreational/leisure, self-help, and social behavioral skills. These skills are addressed in a safe, fun, and age-appropriate environment through activities that include cooking, computer activities, outings to various community locations, various board games, a variety of sports equipment and much more. The program also participates in community integration activities with community-based groups within Montgomery County.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collect demographic information and required documents from clients
- Assist with outreach into the community
- Coordinate schedules and communicate with volunteers and parents
- Support Community Companions staff by processing client intake calls, inputting data, and other administrative tasks
Qualifications:
- Basic computer skills (Office 365)
- Communication skills
- Available to volunteer in-person
Desired Skills, Experience & Characteristics:
- Passionate about helping others
- Adaptable & Flexible
- Patient
Volunteer Benefits:
- Volunteers will make a difference to the community and gain work experience while being part of a diverse and professional team
- Volunteers will develop professional skills
Support:
- Community Companions Volunteers are provided on-site supervision and training by the staff members with whom they work.
Time Commitment:
- 8-10 hours per week- Between 10AM and 6PM
- Two days a week- Between Monday and Friday
Location:
- Community Companions is looking for volunteers to serve at their Rockville site. (1010 Grandin Ave, Rockville, MD 20851)
- Parking lot onsite as well as street parking available. Walking Distance from Rockville Metro Station
Management Plan:
- Pamela Bennett, Program Manager
Next Steps:
- Complete the application at the green button to the right
- Have a brief, informal Get to Know You conversation with Catholic Charities Volunteer Office staff member
- Talk with the staff liaison for this role to match mutual expectations
- Complete the required screening, e.g., criminal history check (not disqualifying)
- Attend volunteer orientation
- Schedule your service
Summer or Semester Internship Placement for Undergraduate Students
Summer or Semester Internship Placement for Undergraduate Students
Catholic Charities hosts undergraduate students during the summer, fall, and spring terms in internship placements throughout the organization. You are welcome to apply for an internship placement with Catholic Charities, if one of these describes you:
- an undergraduate student enrolled in a degree program at a local college or university
- an undergraduate participating in a “semester in Washington” program
- are taking a pre- or post-baccalaureate gap year
- are enrolled in a program of clerical formation and development
If you are looking for a graduate level and/or clinically supervised internship placement, please see information about those placements here.
for Summer Placements:
Apply by March 30
Serve from late-May/early June – mid-August 15
for Fall Semester Placements:
Apply by August 1
Serve from mid-September - mid-December
for Spring Semester Placements:
Apply by November 1
Serve mid-January – mid-May
Placements:
Interns will develop broadly applicable work skills in a professional, non-profit setting and are expected to work a regular weekly schedule to accumulate the hours of experience required by your program, typically 30 hours a week. Internships at Catholic Charities are unpaid and may be one or more of following central services and program service areas*:
- Social Service Delivery and Case Management
- Volunteer & Community Engagement
- Communications
- Development
- Parish Partners
- Finance
- Information Technology
- Community Organizing/Outreach
- Logistics and Warehouse Management
- Quality Improvement / Quality Assurance (public health focused)
- Professional Development
Desired Skills, Experience & Characteristics:
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Able to work in a hybrid environment: both remotely and in-person 3 days a week
- Familiar with Microsoft O365 suite of applications: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint and TEAMS
- Be a strong oral and written communicator
- Have strong research and analytical skills
Benefits of Internship:
- Insight into non-profit management, social service delivery, and the characteristics and needs of people accessing services
- Experience producing high quality work in a professional environment, receiving feedback on work and products and processes, collaborating with seasoned professionals from diverse backgrounds
- Receiving routine supervision focused on your professional development
- Sense of belonging and participation in a mission-driven organization
- Opportunities to combine behind the scenes and front-line work to make an impact
- Opportunities to initiate and execute meaningful projects
- Opportunities to work in bilingual settings with native speakers or several languages
- Specific experiences, skills, and references to add to your resume
Time Commitment:
- Typically, 30 hours a week for undergrads and pre- post-bac gap years
- Typically, 10-15 weeks
- Regular weekly schedule developed with your placement supervisor which includes in-person and remote work with hours logged in the volunteer system
Location:
- Hybrid combination of remote and onsite
- Typically, internship placements are in DC (Gallery Place, Columbia Heights, Brookland) or Montgomery County (Wheaton, Gaithersburg) or Charles County (Waldorf)
- Placements may be at any of Catholic Charities ~30 locations in DC and Maryland
Next Steps:
- If you see the green Fill in an application button to the right, click it and follow the prompts to submit your application
- Complete your application: scroll down to the “schedule” heading and click the “+Sign Up” button
Questions?
Contact us at volunteer@CC-DC.org
