Community Integration Coordinator
Position Summary
Position details
$500/mo extra HOUSING ALLOWANCE PROVIDED
Goodwill Northern New England Maine, Statewide
Goodwill NNE operates multiple programs for individuals with disabilities. All of these programs strive to create innovative opportunities for clients to be integrated into the community as they desire. We are looking to expand these efforts in partnership with other organizations around Maine by placing AmeriCorps Members to serve directly with these individuals. Coordinators will:
- Deliver Work Readiness/Community Integration Boot Camp
- Create community engagement plans in cooperation with clients and residential staff
- Make connections on behalf of or with clients to community partners
- Research opportunities for clients to volunteer, work, or take part in community events.
- Create and plan small scale events and activities that engage residents in the home and greater community.
- Take clients (drive, bus, walk) into the community for work, meetings, or recreation
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Organization
Goodwill NNE
Augusta, MEPublic Health AmeriCorps
Goodwill NNE’s Public Health AmeriCorps program helps build the public health workforce in Maine and New Hampshire. We partner with health centers, substance misuse recovery centers, public schools and other types of agencies meeting public health needs to provide AmeriCorps members. Those members: engage youth in programs to prevent substance misuse; create food security programs, provide vaccination education, create community integration opportunities for people with disabilities, and research and implement public health interventions to meet the pressing public health needs of underserved communities. Members gain strong skills through their experiences and often get hired for professional public health positions immediately upon completion!