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Populations Served
- Adults
- Children
- Immigration & Refugee Services
- Youth
Competencies/Skills
- Empathy
- Leadership
- Networking Abilities
- Social Skills
- Teamwork
Community Connector Individual- or Family-Focus on Stay at Home Caregivers and/or Young Children
Flexible Hours
Individuals or Family match with newcomers to Canada with a focus on stay-at-home caregivers and young children (intake completed online).
Help create a welcoming and inclusive city by volunteering as a community connector with individuals or families who are new to Canada.
Volunteers are matched with a newcomer individual or family. Match meetings can be at home or in the community.
Volunteers are supported by a Community Connections Settlement Practitioner and will have access to resources to share with their matches.
Volunteer Duties
- Help by:
- Offering social support and promoting social inclusion.
- Practicing skills that help with daily activities.
- Supporting informal language learning by practicing conversation in English.
- Introducing their matches to people and places in the community.
- Promoting cross-cultural interactions by talking and learning about each other’s traditions and customs.
- Exchanging ideas, information, and resources.
- Assist newcomers to Canada to integrate into the Lethbridge community.
- Help newcomers adjust to life in Canada through conversation, activities, and socializing.
- Support stay-at-home caregivers by offering social connection, the chance to practice conversational English, and information about/support in accessing community-based activities for young children and their caregivers.
Other Requirements
Not specified
Schedule
- Commit to six (6) months and meet for a minimum of four (4) hours per month (about 1 hour per week)
- There can be flexibility regarding the duration of the match
Time Commitment
Continuing commitment
Type of Opportunity
Immigrant & Refugee Services
Application Type
Advanced
Other Opportunities with Lethbridge Family Services Immigrant Services
Help create a more welcoming and inclusive city by volunteering as a Conversation Circle Partner and engage with newcomers to Canada.
Help newcomers adjust to life in Canada by practicing basic conversational English needed to participate in community life, and by socializing and sharing information about resources, community, and culture.
Thanks for your interest in this volunteer position!
We'll just need a bit of information so we can pass your application along to Lethbridge Family Services Immigrant Services.
Volunteers can sign up for up to 3 continuing commitment opportunities for immediate referrals. If you signed up for more than 3, a Volunteer Lethbridge staff member will connect with you before making new referrals.