Share Foundation with the Handicapped
Goal of Program
To provide a peaceful, loving community for developmentally disabled adults where people's self worth can come to the surface and they can share in the joy of being valued for who they are, not what they can do.
Type of Placement
Housing Issues, Shelter Staff & Group Home
Service Area
Northwest Indiana
Service Length
Long-term: One year. Short-term: Six weeks in summer.
Requirements
Long-term: Degree preferred. Experience working with developmentally disabled people helpful. Patience, acceptance of people with different abilities. Willingness to make a one-year commitment. Short-term: Summer volunteers must be 18 or over.
Financial Arrangements
Room and Board | Stipend | Medical Insurance | Transportation
Living Arrangements
Long-term: Volunteer lives in one of 15 three-bedroom homes in the community of Sharing Meadows. Volunteer shares home with two mildly to moderately mentally challenged adults of the same gender.
Training
Long-term: Initial four-day orientation, ongoing training and support throughout the year. Short-term: Orientation, ongoing support each week. New volunteers are assigned a mentor with several years of experience with our program.
Application Deadline
None
Address
P. O. Box 400
Rolling Prairie IN, 46371
Phone: 219 778-8277
Website
http://www.sharefoundation.org
Primary Contact
Amanda
Affiliations
Share Foundation is a not-for-profit Christian organization
Secondary Contacts
Rana Hannoun