Pre-school Helper

Pre-school Helper—Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service
Contact: Frank Sala, Volunteer Services Director, (718) 310-5621

Time commitments: Pre-school helpers at Duffield Children’s Center help a minimum of 4 hours a week for a minimum of three months. The Duffield Center is located at 101 Fleet Place; Brooklyn, NY; 11201.

Training: Pre-school helpers at Duffield Children’s Center will receiving daily support and be oriented to the monthly “theme” and related books and materials.

Supervision: Volunteers are fully supervised. Staff are always available for
support. The career mentors are really more like role modelers and career
counselors than mentors, as no volunteer-client contact is allowed outside the
family center.

Application procedure: call and schedule the first interview with Frank Sala which is typically 30-45 minutes. The goal of the interview is: (1) provide an general orientation and overview of the Brooklyn Bureau, (2) help the candidate inventory his or her related experiences, skills and interests, and (3) to provide detailed information on the choices that may be good matches so the candidate can make an informed decision.

If the candidate and Mr. Sala identify a good match (and we usually do), Mr. Sala emails a detailed referral regarding the candidate to the desired program. That programthen schedules a second interview at the program site. That interview usually is much shorter and is conducted by the staff member who would supervise the candidate. The final decision for candidate placement is up to the supervisor and the candidate. Both must feel comfortable to begin.

Fingerprints and proof of TB testing within the past 12 months are required by NYState Law requires our volunteers who work with children and minors. The child care centers help you with that. NY State Law also requires our centers to run candidate names through the NY State Child Abuse Central Registry.

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