Volunteer Positions

Volunteer Opportunities in the Crisis Program

Food Pantry Workers

On-site: Help stock and organize the food pantry and package food orders for crisis clients. Contact: Jcharles@urbanmin.org

Food Drive Coordinator

Hold food drives in your place of worship, school, business or neighborhood. We’ll help you organize and promote, and we’ll supply collection barrels with our UM logo! Detailed information available from: Lridgeway@urbanmin.org

Interviewer

Assess the needs of clients to determine appropriate emergency food assistance and to make referrals to other agencies. Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Interpreter/Translator

Provide Spanish/English interpretation services for clients. Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Volunteer Opportunities in the Open Door Clinic (free medical clinic for uninsured adult Wake County residents)

Health Care Professional

Licensed physicians, nurses, pharmacists, lab techs & health educators needed to provide chronic and acute care.
Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Front Desk Greeter

Greet and sign in patients, field questions, and generally direct patients’ needs to the appropriate staff.
Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Eligibility Screener

Determine whether patients are eligible for clinic services through one-on-one confidential interviews (one training session and one “shadowing” session required). Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Pharmacy Assistant (reserved for individuals interested in pursuing pharmacy or medical school)

Work with licensed volunteer pharmacists to assist the pharmacist in dispensing medications to the patients; locate, count, and label medication for the pharmacist to check; assist with clean up and any other tasks determined by the pharmacists. Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Medical Interpreter

Spanish fluency with advanced knowledge of medical terminology to interpret in the ODC. (one training session and one “shadowing” session required). Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Eligibility Interpreter

Advanced Spanish skills to help with interviewing clients and fielding overall questions for Spanish-speaking clients.
(one training session and one “shadowing” session required). Contact: Volunteer@urbanmin.org

Volunteer Opportunities at the Helen Wright Center for Women (emergency shelter and transitional housing program)

Meal Provider Team

Prepare and serve hot meals for 36 shelter guests. Volunteers provide dinner nightly, and breakfast and lunch on weekends.
For scheduling, contact: Lridgeway@urbanmin.org

Client Services Worker

Manage front desk operations and interact with shelter guests informally (talking with residents, playing cards, etc.) Duties can include answering telephones and the door, referring callers to appropriate services when necessary, and verifying residents’ completion of chores. (Shifts starting at 4 pm during the week; flexibility on weekends). For scheduling, contact: Jjohnson@urbanmin.org

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