Volunteer Opportunity Details:

JOB SUMMARY:
Coordinate a Narcotics Anonymous meeting once per week for Remann Hall residents.
JOB DUTIES:
Encourage youth to voluntarily attend NA meetings.
Develop an atmosphere of familiarity with the NA Program.
Explain to youth the NA program and how to utilize it to sustain abstinence. Provide an opportunity for youths to make beneficial contacts with other people involved in NA.

TRAINING, EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
A minimum of one-year “clean time.”
Must be a member of Narcotics Anonymous involved with the Hospitals & Institutions Sub-Committee.
Must be familiar with the 12 Step Program - both steps and traditions.
Attendance at a four-hour Cultural Diversity Training required.

PERSONAL TRAITS:
Must posses mature decision making.
Possess the ability to establish a rapport with at-risk youth, while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

REQUIREMENTS:
Must be at least 20 years of age.
Must have a genuine concern for youth with chemical dependency problems.
Must pass a background check.

JOB RELATIONSHIPS:
Supervised by Detention Manager and/or Assistant Detention Manager.
Responsible to the Volunteer Services Manager.

TIME COMMITMENT:
A minimum of a one-hour session once a week, for six months.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Pierce County Juvenile Court

We need volunteers who are free at these times Weekly This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Unpaid Interns Adults (55+)

Contact Person: Lin Spellman, Volunteer Services Manager, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

5501 6th Avenue Tacoma, WA 98406 (See a map)

Directions:

We are located just off the 6th Avenue exit from Highway 16. Take the first left just after the Tacoma Boys Produce Market. Call (253)798-3837 for directions.   Nearest Bus Stop: #1(0 blocks), #16 (2 blocks), 2 minute walk

Details where opportunity can also be performed

5 Overall Experience   
keeps me selfless

NAYC (Narcotics Anonymous Youth Committee) We volunteer our time doing service for our local fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous. It helps us to stay clean and gives back to a society that we have taken so much from. posted by nayc on September 15, 2005

5 Overall Experience   
The System WORKS

I am a CASA. I moved to WA from AZ. My interaction with the system in AZ was frustrating due to the fact that there were so many areas where I felt that the ball was being dropped and kids were being left in the system way to long, if not eventually lost with in the legalities and regulations. I wanted desperately to be the voice of a million families who cried out that the system had failed them. When I moved to WA, being a full time student and mother, yet wanting to jump into my community and help in some way, I found Remman Hall. I joined the CASA program and with in a year of serving, have seen families reunited, children fast tracked into new and loving homes,and many situations that have proved to me that WA has a system that works. Its wonderful to be a part of a system that truely makes a difference in the lives of the families with in it's community. Thanks Washington, and thank you to all the wonderful people who care to make a difference in the life of a child. posted by Drmojo on June 14, 2005