What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advocate position at Volunteer LA?
We’re on a mission to help foster youth create a better life. Our vision is a self-sufficient life for all foster youth.Advocate Passionate about advocating? Join the Foster Nation Collective. Email for more details for the 2023 Los Angeles Chapter.21 , AdultsIndividualsVirtualFormalVolunteer as a Mentor Be a Career Coach for Foster Youth! Want to help foster youth pursue their professional and personal goals? Sign up to be a Coach through our CareerX program. We are recruiting 100 new coaches for our 2023 cohort!21 IndividualsFormalWe have several events throughout the year, from Pop-Up Shopping Days for foster youth and annual Networking Days where we’ll need 50 volunteers.One-time, Occasional21 , 55 , AdultsIndividuals, Groups (2-10)With your help we have served over 3,400 foster youth.About Us We ensure foster youth have equal footing when entering the professional world by matching them with a career coach and providing them with career readiness training necessary to help them become self-sufficient. We help build confidence in foster youth without the resources or funds to thrive by hosting free pop-up shopping days to shop for professional and casual clothing, toiletries, beauty products, and accessories. By providing laptops and technological support, we help bridge the digital divide for foster youth to help them achieve their educational and career goals. We address food insecurity for foster youth in college by providing them with free meals for 30 to 60 days that can either be picked up from a local restaurant or delivered through our partnering organizations. Whether it’s a birthday, a graduation or a holiday – we provide celebratory gifts for foster youth to remind them that they’re not alone during these monumental moments in their lives.#J-18808-Ljbffr