Job Overview:
The best Leaders are those who have a passion for helping people live their healthiest lives. If that describes you, you would likely get a great deal of satisfaction from being a program Leader. Most Leaders have chronic health conditions themselves and are successfully using the strategies they have learned through the workshop. Being a Leader reinforces those strategies for you while you are teaching others. And, because you must be connected to a Program Provider organization to be a successful Leader, you support the work and mission of your provider organization and the communities it serves.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Present the Healthy Living with Diabetes Course as developed by Kate Lorig, DPH. The curriculum includes a Facilitator Guide and Participant Workbook for ease of delivery and use during the volunteer experience.
- The facilitator must have a passion for working with older adults.
- The facilitator should be comfortable leading small groups of 15 older adults.
- The facilitator must be a self-starter who can take charge of the Healthy Living with Diabetes program and work effectively with a co-facilitator.
- The facilitator must be willing to make a commitment to the 7-week course schedule at least once annually.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preference for someone who has or has cared for someone with diabetes.
- The candidate should be willing to make a 2-year commitment to the program.
- Willingness to share personal experiences to help motivate others to exercise and use the skills tools provided in the workshop.
- Demonstrate timely response to class planning and implementation.
- Ability to perform additional duties as required by the Healthy Living with Diabetes program and agreed upon with the Prevention Coordinator.
Training Requirements:
- 1- hour ADRC Volunteer Orientation
- 20-minute webinar
- 7-week online training (thirteen 2.5-hour zoom video meetings)
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
- Demonstrates passion to work with older adults, who have normal age-related memory changes, and is patient with them and has a general interest in brain health.
- Communicating orally in a clear manner.
- Promotes positive engagement and peer support.
- Is sensitive to participants’ challenges, especially vision or hearing impairments.
- Keeps the group focused and on task.
- Ensure all have the opportunity to participate.
- Wants to give back to their community.
- Knowledge of computer applications and usage.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, county agencies, departments, providers, and the public.
- Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality of files and information.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work.
- Ability to deal tactfully with difficult situations.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Ability to work the required hours of the position.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
- Intermittent standing, walking, and sitting.
- Using hand(s)/feet for repetitive single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling, and operating controls.
- Occasional bending, twisting, squatting, climbing, reaching, and grappling.
- Distinguishing sounds at various frequencies and volumes.
- Distinguishing people or objects at varied distances under a variety of light conditions.
- Ability to work under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as irate individuals, violence and/or crisis may cause discomfort and poses a limited risk of injury.
For further information of this volunteer opportunity please contact:
Amy Staniforth, Prevention Specialist, ADRC of Brown County
Phone: 920-448-4529
Email: Amy.Staniforth@browncountywi.gov
