Employment
AmeriCorps State programs
recruiting now. Learn about service opportunities in your community
at www.americorps.org, search under “Join AmeriCorps.” Compensation
includes stipend, health insurance, and college scholarship.We are
committed to engaging individuals w/o regard to disability, gender,
race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Hmong Health Educator
Report
to: Health Access Manager. Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-exempt,
32 hours/week. Position Summary: Coordinates Hmong-focused replication
of Plain Talk process including community mapping, health education
and coordinated community response to teen pregnancy. Recruits, trains
and works closely with community peer health educators.
Responsibilities:
• Recruit and train surveyors to carry out community mapping
activities within the community, and ensure quality data collection
to get valid results.
• Coordinate Plain Talk Community Core Group through outreach
to and coordination with partner organizations.
• Recruit and train community peer health educators (Walkers & Talkers)
to disseminate community mapping results and hold focus groups to
shape key messages.
• Use key messages to shape Plain Talk curriculum to meet community
needs.
• Work with and train community peer health educators in community
outreach, program goals, key messages and all aspects of reproductive
health education in order to carry out Home Health Parties with community
adult residents.
• Coordinate youth involvement in Plain Talk.
• Conduct program evaluation, report results and make necessary
program modifications.
• Maintains a referral network, data base documentation, and
submits written and financial reports to funding sources.
• Participate in staff and agency meetings, agency training
and pertinent conferences and workshops.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology or a health
or social services related field is required.
• Experience working with the Hmong community, facilitating
groups and working collaboratively with social service and health
agencies.
• Experience working with the Hmong community, facilitating
groups and working collaboratively with social service and health
agencies.
• Bilingual fluency in spoken English and Hmong, required, ability
to read and write Hmong preferred.
• A familiarity with prevention of HIV/AIDS, other sexually
transmitted infection, and unwanted pregnancy required.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in communicating effectively with people
of various racial, ethnic and social backgrounds.
• Knowledge of database and other computer skills and the ability
to communicate effectively in written and verbal form.
• Ability to monitor budgets.
• Experience in evaluation design and implementation highly
desirable.
• May require minimal travel.
Compensation: $13 - $15/HR, DOQ + competitive benefits
Start Date: January, 2006. For consideration please mail, fax or email your resume
with letter of interest to: Neighborhood House, Attn: Human Resources, 179 East
Robie Street, St. Paul, MN 55107; Fax: 651-227-8734; E-mail: humanresources@neighb.org.
Position Posted: 12/15/05 Close: 1/06/06. Neighborhood House is an equal opportunity
employer committed to affirmative action and a welcoming work environment for
people of diverse communities.
American Indian Family Center
Youth
Program Worker
Full–Time Exempt
Entry Level, M-F: Evening & Some Weekend Hours. $27,000-30,000
+ Benefits. American Indian Family Center Mission: Strengthen and
value the capacity of the community, its cultures, and families
to raise healthy, nurtured children to achieve their full potential
and to be active, contributing members in their community.
Position Description: The Youth Program Worker will work with the
Youth Program Manager to implement activities for Indian youth and
families. The Youth Worker will be responsible for youth programming,
including implementing curriculum directed toward healthy lifestyles,
leadership development and direct service. Duties include outreach,
recruitment, building relationships, providing education presentations
to community and schools.
Duties include: ENABL (Educate
Now and Babies Later) Program
• Outreach to American
Indian youth, including street outreach and providing information
at schools, events, and other American Indian programs.
• Deliver ENABL curriculum as well as culturally specific lessons
plans to American Indian youth primarily between the ages of 12 – 15
in various types of settings including schools and community settings.
• Deliver ENABLE curriculum as well as culturally specific lessons
plans to parents of American Indian youth participating in youth
curriculum.
• Develop and implement a community wide awareness campaign to
inform the community of accurate information pertaining to sexual
development and preventing teen pregnancy.
GirlsBEST Program
• Co-facilitate group meetings to support opportunities.
• Develop and deliver lessons plans to improve the readiness
skills of American Indian girls to become economically self-sufficient.
Medicine
Wheel Collaborative
• Provide support to youth/parent group meetings
and activities.
Qualifications
• High School diploma required. AA degree preferred.
• 2+ years experience working with American Indian youth
• 2+ years experience working with American Indian culture and
values
• Youth and family advocacy work
• Knowledge of, and experience working in, St. Paul’s American
Indian Community
• Basic computer skills in Microsoft office
• Ability to work independently and with others across programs
• Organized and able to handle multiple programs and priorities
Resume and Cover letter ASAP
to: Youth Worker Search, American Indian Family Center - 579 Wells
St., St. Paul, MN 55101 - Janice@aifc.net
Central Minnesota Legal Services-St. Cloud Office.
Legal Assistant for St. Cloud
office, full - or part time considered. Experience in family law
a plus. Position will support attorneys practicing family law. Position
will also survey pro-bono attorney resources and create projects
for volunteer attorneys in central Minnesota.
Salary D.O.E to $28,816 • FTE.
Excellent benefits.
Send resumes to Sarah Shella-Stevens, Managing Attorney, CMLS,
830 West St. Germain, #309, PO Box 1598, St. Cloud, MN 56302. EOE
For Sale
Power Wheelchair: Invacare Pronto M71. Never used. Only $2,500.
Call Denn @ 612-220-6788.
Minnesota Mobility: We specialize in affordable wheelchair vans.
Contact us at 952-746-1800.
2004 Ranger 4 wheel drive heavy duty solo scooter. Never used. Price
$2500. Call 651-225-8956 on Sat and Sun only.
1999 Dodge Grand Caravan SE
Minivan Sport V6 Auto 77,000 miles Entervan - power side door w/ramp
$15,000. Power Wheelchair Invacare Pronto M51 Sure step Hardly used
$2500. Call JP 651-497-8042
Property for Sale: 2
bedroom, 1 bath home in South Minneapolis (Lake Nokomis area) with
some nice accessibility features -such as a ramp at the front door
and main level laundry. Call me – to see
this home with beautiful wood floors, a built-in buffet, built in
cabinets and a wood burning fireplace. Doug Haugen, Lakes Area Realty.
651-238-0456
Town Home for Sale: One level town home with 2 bedrooms and one
full bath in Coon Rapids. The Master Bedroom has a half bath. This
bathroom is roughed in and ready for roll-in shower. Close to NorthTown
and freeway. Contact Terri Ricci at 763-438-3692.
Ideal Family Home: Wheelchair
accessible, 5BR, 2BA, Rambler 3+ Car attached garage. 1.5 acre corner
lot. Large family room plus office. Ham Lake area. $424,900. Call
Charlie @ 651-982-1256. ERA Muske Co. Real Estate.
Permobil: Standing/Reclining power wheelchair. Multi-positioning
system. Never used. $8500 (new $15,200). Manual wheelchair with slight
tilt. Roho cushion, tray. Used 1-month. $550. Call @ 651-644-0435
or 651-269-5514
For Rent
Oak Park Village: One Bedroom
wheelchair accessible apartments. Section 8 subsidized. Convenient
St. Louis Park location. Call 952-935-9125 for availability information.
Equal Opportunity Housing.
Lewis Park Apartments: Barrier-free housing with wheelchair users
in mind. Section 8 subsidized. One- and two- bedroom units. For more
information on availability call (651) 488-9923. St. Paul, MN. Equal
Opportunity Housing.
Holmes-Greenway Housing: One and two bedroom wheelchair accessible
apartments. Section 8 subsidized. Convenient SE Minneapolis location.
Call (612)378-0331 for availability information. Equal Opportunity
Housing.
Seward Square Apartments: We are currently accepting applications
for our waiting list for barrier-free housing, in Minneapolis, that
is federally subsidized. For an application, please call (612) 338-2680.
Equal Opportunity Housing.
Room For Rent: $300.00 all
utilities, includes phone, but not long-distance, Private Bedroom,
shared bath and kitchen. Located in Eagan, contact Dale at 651-686-8742.
Franklyn Park Apartments:
We are currently accepting applications for 1 & 2 BR, Section
8 apts. at Franklyn Park Apts. in North St. Paul, a building designed
for seniors and persons with disabilities. Please call 651-770-1504
for an application.
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