Administrative Volunteer Needed in Crown Heights!

Services for the UnderServed (S:US) is a non-profit organization that believes that every New Yorker deserves to know home in NYC. S:US works with communities and individuals in every corner of the city and on Long Island to make sure every New Yorker has the chance to find home. Because home is more than a roof. Home is stability, safety, community, and a sense of belonging. And the opportunity to find home is the right of every New Yorker.

Services for the UnderServed's Flatbush Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team does on the street outreach to people with a severe mental illness and whose needs have not been met by more traditional approaches. The ACT Team approach allows the team to provide service and medication directly to individuals wherever needed. The team includes a Psychiatrist or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, LPN, Vocational, Substance Abuse, Wellness, and Family specialists. Volunteers will help file program documentation into charts, organize community resources in program resource binder, prepare resource flyers for team to distribute to clients, organize supply closets, and help archive charts/ files. This will aid the team run smoothly and efficiently. All supplies will be provided. This would be an on going volunteer opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Organizing supplies and files
• Preparing flyers
• Re-stocking food pantry items
• Utilizing Microsoft calendar and other methods to help team stay on top of client appointments or upcoming meetings.

Preferred Skills

• Familiar and/or comfortable working in an environment that provides support people with mental health diagnosis.
• A High School Diploma.
• Friendly with organizational skills.

Flatbush ACT is open to volunteers Mondays to Fridays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Because volunteers will be working with confidential information, they are required to undergo background checks and fingerprinting. They will be invited to complete a volunteer application and interview before being on boarded. Please contact Volunteer@sus.org if you have any questions.