Mercy House is looking for Life Skills Facilitators to provide clients with skills that can enrich their lives. For example, a person with knowledge or expertise on nutrition and health, financial planning, resume building, job searching, networking, scrapbooking, etc. can share tips/strategies with our clients.
Life Skills classes take place on Tuesday andThursday evenings from 7:00-8:00PM in the living room of our shelters.
Volunteers are responsible for creating a curriculum and teach class once per month. Classes can include handouts, small groupdiscussions, video presentations, guest speakers, powerpoint presentations, etc.
We are currently in needof:
- CPR
- Selfdefense
- Nutrition
- Setting boundaries (Parenting)
- Stress management
- Conflict resolution
- Credit repair
- Healthy living
- Budgeting
- Emotional Management (Coping Skills)
- Grocery Shopping
- Cooking
- Resume Writing
- Job Searching
- Relationship Disclosure (of HIV status)
- Going back to school after years on not being a student
*All Life-Skills classes have been booked, we will need Educators beginning in March.
