**Volunteers Needed Family Assessment Planning Team Parent Representative

Company: City of Chesapeake
Location: Chesapeake
Posted on: January 23, 2023

Job Description:

The Chesapeake Interagency Consortium ( CIC ) is looking for experienced volunteer parent representatives to serve on its Family Assessment and Planning Teams. This position is an opportunity for a parent from the community to sit amongst representatives from our stakeholder agencies and community partners to effectively collaborate to identify services for youth and families.

Duties include volunteering your time for up to four (4) hours per month; Collaborating with private service providers and representatives from Social Services, Court Services, Public Schools, and the Community Services Board ( CIBH ); Communicating and problem solving youth/family specific issues from a strengths-based approach; Maintaining objectivity in emotionally charged situations; Actively participating in service planning, and being sensitive to varying races, cultures, religions, and/or sexual orientations.

Required Qualifications
Must be a resident of the City of Chesapeake; Be a biological, foster, or adoptive parent or guardian of youth whom have had interaction with one or more areas of our mental health system.

Preferred that as part of the individual's employment, he/she doe not interact directly on a daily basis with children as part of a public/private agency who is receiving funds or represented on a FAPT .

Able to volunteer one designated Wednesday per month from 8:30a - 4:30p (day subject to change around holidays) or at a minimum half of the day (8:30a - 12p or 1p - 4:30p).

Preferred Qualifications

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