Broadview Shelter & Transitional Housing seeks volunteers to provide a safe, supervised space for children while their parents attend onsite groups or meetings.
About Solid Ground
We believe poverty is solvable. Our communities our stronger when we support stability and break down the barriers to overcoming poverty. That means ending racism and other oppressions embedded in our institutions, policies, and culture that hold people back from succeeding. Solid Ground combines direct services with advocacy to meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change. Through our programs, people gain stability and build skills that equip them to move forward in their lives. And by bringing the voices of people experiencing poverty into the political process, we further social justice, supporting our entire community to reach its potential.
About Broadview Shelter & Transitional Housing
Broadview provides housing for homeless parents and children in a secure, confidential facility. Broadview residents are domestic violence survivors, and two-thirds are children. Our mission is to help residents cope with the trauma of displacement and abuse, address the issues that led to their homelessness, develop a strong community support system, and find and secure permanent housing. Volunteers play an important role at Broadview!
Time Commitment
Ongoing. Volunteers commit to 1 to 2 hours a week, usually in the afternoons or evenings, Sunday through Thursday for the following programs:
- Parent Support Group: Wednesdays, 6:15 – 7:45pm, beginning June 1st
- DV Group: Thursdays, 6:00 – 7:30pm, beginning June 9th
Qualifications
No specific skills or experience needed, though we appreciate experience with children. Must be at least 18 years of age and not in high school. Desired qualifications include:
- Sensitivity to the concerns of parents and children living on low incomes who are in crisis or transition.
- Willingness and ability to work with people from a variety of racial, cultural and economic backgrounds, with various lifestyles, sexual orientations, abilities, and of all ages.
- Ability to be nonjudgmental, resourceful, creative, consistent and flexible.
- Willingness to work as part of a team and independently.
Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable. Volunteers play a critical role in helping us meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change – so everyone in our community can achieve their full potential. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color), and people with the lived experience of food insecurity are strongly encouraged to apply.
