Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Crisis Centre - Youth Educator Volunteers

Do you have a passion for working with youth? Interested in sharing messages of hope about mental health and wellness? Want to help prevent youth suicide in your community?

Volunteer Youth Educators facilitate wellness workshops for teens, attend youth conferences and events, and support community trainings.

Learn to facilitate one or both wellness workshops:

Work Your Mind Muscle: 4 Tools for Navigating Life – A Mindfulness Workshop
Reaching Out – A Suicide Awareness & Response Workshop

Workshops are generally offered to youth in high school classroom settings.

Benefits:

Enrich your public speaking and group facilitation skills
Work interactively with youth in an educational capacity
Build hope and resiliency among youth
Reference letters

Volunteer Requirements:

Strong desire to work with youth
Daytime availability (2 half-days per month)
Willingness to travel throughout Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore
Comfort with public speaking and group facilitation
A strong interest in and personal connection to the topic of suicide prevention
Mindfulness workshop facilitators must have prior training in mindfulness, such as mindfulness courses and/or mindfulness retreat time
Availability for all training sessions

If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer Youth Educator:
1. Review Volunteer Requirements above and Youth Program information.
2. Register online for a 90-minute information session at the Crisis Centre. Attendance at an information session is required before an interview can be arranged.

Wednesday, April 6th at 7pm
Thursday, April 21st at 7pm
Tuesday, May 3rd at 7pm

3. Submit an online application by Sunday, May 1.

http://crisiscentre.bc.ca/volunteer/volunteer-youth-educator/

Work Experience Courses ~ WEX12A & WEX12B

WORK EXPERIENCE provides an opportunity for students, explore career options, build employable skills, possibly land their first job, give back to the community, add to their resume, scholarship, university applications and is a great life experience!!

Work experience takes place in the community providing students with an opportunity to explore a career of interest to them. Typically it is a school-arranged, non-paid placement which may lead to an apprenticeship or employment.

Requirement:

1. Complete WorkSafe BC Program (see Mr. Nevison)
2. Meet with the Work Experience Facilitator (Ms. Nieken-Spence) to determine career focus & arrange a placement
3. Complete 30-100 hours of volunteer or work experience
4. Submit a written report

Students may choose to register in the following Career programs:

1. Grade 10 Science COOP = 100 hours of career exploration (Planning 10 and Science 10 are the courses associated with the program. Incorporates WEX12A by allowing students to attend a work placement every Monday and Thursday afternoons, to complete the required 100 hours.

2. Grade 10 Explorer Program = 30 + hours of career exploration (Social Studies & PE Leadership are the courses associated with the program). Includes an opportunity for students to complete the minimum 30 hour Work experience requirement for graduation. Students attend work placement every Thursday afternoon.

3. Grade 11 and/or 12 Work Experience Program = 100 hours of career exploration (can be completed within the timetable of outside of the timetable including summers and other school break times. Register in WEX 12A/12B.

4. SSA (Secondary School Apprenticeship) = 4 courses for a total of 16 credits (can be started as early as age 15/can be done part time or over summer and other school breaks/ can be scheduled as an entire semester outside of the school classroom).

SSA is a career program that allows students to begin an apprenticeship while still in school and earn high school credits for doing so and be eligible for a $1000 scholarship!!

An apprenticeship is a paid training program for trades and technical careers that involves a combination of on the job training and classroom instruction. Register in SSA11a / SSA11b/ SSA12a/ SSA 12b.

For a list of apprenticeable trades, go to http://www.itabc.ca/

5. ACE IT Training = Foundation Level studies in a variety of trades (Cook Level 1 @ Carson Graham / Carpentry @WVSS / other trades at the Post-Secondary Institute – BCIT, VCC, etc)

Hidden Apprentices -- If you are working, you may already be a Secondary School Apprentice.

New resources to Help Students Find A Career in Skilled Trades: http://www.tradestrainingbc.ca/

For further information, please contact:

James Nevison (Teacher/Career Advisor) jnevison@sd44.ca
Yolanda Nieken-Spence (Work Experience Facilitator) YNieken-Spence@sd44.ca

SUTHERLAND Career Center

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Crisis Centre - Youth Educator Volunteers

Do you have a passion for working with youth? Interested in sharing messages of hope about mental health and wellness? Want to help prevent youth suicide in your community?

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