ServeWyoming AmeriCorps VISTA-Summer-Iris House

Company: Americorps
Location: Casper
Posted on: June 5, 2021

Job Description:

ServeWyoming AmeriCorps VISTA-Summer-Iris House

The Iris Clubhouse empowers our members to develop relationship and career skills in a safe working environment. We prepare and enjoy a noon meal together and offer a wide range of opportunities to members during the work ordered day to better their own lives including skill building and assistance with employment, education, socialization, transportation, housing, wellness, and life skills. Iris Clubhouse requires participants to be 18 years or older, living with mental illness and not to pose a current threat to the clubhouse community. Nearly all of our members are on Social Security Disability. A few are working toward employment and three of our twenty-seven active members are employed. COVID has impacted the ability of our members to find secure employment and as we recover we focus our skills development to be of best assistance to businesses that are working to reopen and insure confidence in our members to return to society post-COVID and be productive members adding to the community and economic recovery in these difficult times. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.

Member Duties : The VISTA Summer Associate will expand and enhance the scale and reach of Iris Clubhouse in order to increase our ability to serve more people, new groups, and provide new or expanded types of service. The VISTA will support our efforts in COVID community and economic recovery through workforce development and education focused on entering the workforce post-COVID to businesses struggling to reopen. Through financial resource development, public relations and outreach, and community relations building VISTAs will ensure the ability of Iris Clubhouse to continue to provide and improve on the quality services offered through our organization. Our life skills training are important to the success of those in the program, including our noon meal preparation and service. Through this program we help fight food insecurity and give our members the skills needed to sustain their personal food security as they work on improving the post-COVID economy with their newly developed skills.

Program Benefits : Training , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance .

Terms :

Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .

Service Areas :

Health , Public Safety , Technology , Hunger , Education , Community Outreach , Community and Economic Development .

Skills :

Leadership , Community Organization , Public Speaking , Team Work , Social Services , Education , Conflict Resolution , Writing/Editing , Communications , Counseling , Recruitment , General Skills , Fund raising/Grant Writing .

Keywords: Americorps, Casper , ServeWyoming AmeriCorps VISTA-Summer-Iris House, Other , Casper, Wyoming