Outreach Volunteer

Volunteer Assignment: Outreach Volunteer

Location: Whatcom County

Reports to: Outreach Coordinators

Hours: flexible

Duration of Assignment: TBD

Starting Wage Range: unpaid, community service

NWYS Mission

At Northwest Youth Services, we affirm youth experience and autonomy as we work together to foster collective healing and justice, in order to dismantle the systems of oppression that perpetuate youth homelessness.

Volunteer Assignment Description

This position contributes to NWYS’s success by supporting NWYS outreach efforts in Whatcom County. Duties may include foot routes, supply distribution, tabling at local schools and events, encampment outreach, support with food rescue pick-up, cooking, and meal distribution, and outreach to community members and local businesses. NWYS Whatcom Outreach utilizes a relationship-based approach to support youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Outreach provides survival supplies, resource navigation, referrals to treatment and housing services, light touch case management and care coordination, transportation when appropriate, programming in more rural parts of the county, and supports clients who are currently incarcerated in juvenile detention, Whatcom County Jail, and WA state prisons.

Key Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to prioritize multiple and varied tasks
• Background check clearance

Preferred Qualifications