Volunteering For A Permanent Supportive Housing

By Susan Dawson


Not all people is as fortunate as you are and because of this, there are a lot of charitable groups, institutions and organizations that conduct activities for the less fortunate. These less fortunate people can be orphaned children, unguided adolescents, aged, HIV/AIDS victim, mentally challenged, drug addicts and more. If you have plans conducting self-development in a permanent supportive housing Chico, you have to know the guidelines first.

Reassure that your main reason on conducting such will fit into the mission and vision of your target organization. For instance, you are to conduct a seminar about waste management to the elderly people. This is considered inappropriate for they are already old and no need to be discussed about it for most of them already knew about that during their younger times.

Do not also forget to check on the legitimacy of the institution you are going to share your thoughts and talent. Make sure that you are not just wasting your time on another crap. Then after that, you can ask for the management to allow you on doing such, you cannot just gate crash their and share your thoughts, you ought to prepare a proposal and you will be scheduled afterwhich.

There will be a list of your responsibilities as a volunteer facilitator given by the management. Yes you are just a volunteer and the management will not hold you liable for any payments they ought to their employees. But this does not mean that you can do whatever they want for it is still their liability whatever happens to you inside their premises. Therefore, you have to ask permission if you are to do something that might violate the guidelines.

Watch your mouth, in these types of institutions, people are very sensitive for most of them have experienced abuse or trauma. Before you say anything you have to think it over first and put yourself in their shoes. In connection, you have to respect their privacy and so you are not allowed to ask further questions that might harass them, or whatever they confess you should keep it.

You have to segregate the activities which are very useful to not useful at all it should fit to the type of audience you have. As a sample, you are to teach the children how to make paper dolls, then after that you will teach them how to do bonsai. You may remove the bonsai teaching for at their early age it is still not appropriate. Instead, lengthen the activity or teach them another paper art like origami.

Patience is what you really need. These people would really measure your patience directly or indirectly for most of them are attention seeker and some does not look up others but themselves. They may have the same cases and situations, but they do not share the same value as your group is and so that is why you have to lengthen your patience.

Never feel down, always remember that you volunteered to help them see the hope. Now, will be seeing that thru your way and if your way is also hopeless then you are already misguiding them. Do not consider them as less fortunate that seeks help, consider them as your friend who always wants your company for they feel safety if they are in your side.

You have to now your expertise first before serving in a permanent supportive housing Chico. Take note, most of them have specifications when it comes to receiving people and there are only few which are mixed. So by knowing your specifications is knowing your target institution.




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