Furniture Friends
Address: P.O. Box 631
City: Westbrook
State/Territory: Maine
Zip/Postal Code: 04098
Country: United States
Website: https://furniturefriends.org/
Phone Number(s): 207-712-8686
On-Site Supervisor/Contact: Sophia Doremus
volunteer@furniturefriends.org
Description: *Agency can accommodate both Traditional and Block placement for Generalist 1st year, and Specialization 2nd year learning opportunities.
Description:
Furniture Friends is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Westbrook, ME that reduces homelessness and improves housing stability by collecting donated furniture and distributing it to low-income individuals and families in Southern Maine.
Furniture Friends will provide a practicum experience for a student by involving them in our operation of collecting donated furniture and distributing it to individuals and families residing in southern Maine who lack the financial resources to purchase necessary household furniture on their own. At the time of placement, Furniture Friends will meet with the student to assess their specific interests and qualifications to determine how to provide a practicum that meets both the student's and organization's needs. The practicum might engage the student in a diverse array of organizational opportunities or focus on a specific project. Possible activities might include scheduling appointments and assessing client furniture needs and/or assisting with client pick ups or deliveries, interfacing between clients and case managers to collect necessary information, assessing program effectiveness, conducting community outreach to referring agencies (including community based ethnic organizations), developing outreach materials, leading community education events, researching and writing grants, studying the impact of receiving furniture on a client's wellbeing and stability, and/or helping to develop advocacy goals. The student will be supervised by the field instructor and meet weekly to discuss progress toward practicum goals.
Qualifications:
Works well independently and with a team, emotional intelligence, creative problem solver, good verbal and non-verbal communication, adaptive and resilient.
Placement Type:
Community Planning/Development,
Homelessness/Housing