16121 Joy Road Detroit MI 48228    313-846-6942  Fax: 313-846-4044

PERSONAL COACH

AGENCY Information

• Department: Administration

•  Number of Positions: Unlimited

• Volunteer Hours of Service: 2-8 hours per week.  4- 12 weeks depending on the personal activity learning requirements.  We have allotted the following time periods for this program during the school year.  5:30pm - 9pm  Monday Tuesday and Thursday. Schedule adjustment will be made for summer vacation period.

Job  Duties:  

• Interact with 1-4 boys and engage and teach them in various self-recreational activities. Hobbies and recreational activities are important to development of the child.  It is through knowledge, proficiency and desirability of hobbies and recreational skills which people handle loneliness and create common creative productive interest, through which friendships are formed.  The secondary gain in learning task is an increase of self-esteem.

• What A Personal Coach Is Not: A Personal Coach is not a team coach.  We are not seeking volunteers in this position to form sport teams.  We are not seeking volunteers to make one time “presentations”.  We are not seeking individuals to counsel, mentor, “Big Brother” relationship or offer religious or spiritual guidance. We seek people, who have found their way of filling their time through a special interest to be rewarding, productive and they would like to share it.

• Specific Task: Meet with 1 to 3 boys and teach them a recreational skill, art, hobby, game or a special interest.

AGENCY GOAL:  To engage the boys in learning recreational activities which will enhance their ability in the future to be self-entertaining and increase self-esteem. Expose the boys to various social, cultural, educational experiences and social-recreational activities in the community.

LIST OF POSSIBLE INTEREST:

• Areas To Consider: Golf, Tennis, Chess, RC Models, Canoeing, Rock Climbing, Ice Skating, Piano, Guitar, Archery, Chess

• Actual Suggestions From Boys: Model Cars, Planes, Kite Making & Flying, Card Games, Sewing, Instrument, Paint-Ball /Laser Tag, Gymnastics, Fishing

The above list is not inclusive.  There are many other activities possible.  You may have an interest or recreational skill not listed.  Let us know about it.  There may be boys, who have the interest or curiosity.  

This position can be combined with the Child Care Worker Internship for Work Study.

AGENCY TRAINING: Volunteer Orientation Meeting.

AGENCY SUPPORT:  Provide space and any supplies necessary for carrying out the personal activity.

AGENCY REQUIREMENTS: All volunteers working directly with residents and students are required to have a negative TB test results.  Also required are a criminal background check and a clearance from the DHS Abuse and Neglect Registry.  Two letters of character reference are also required.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Experience or special knowledge of a recreational skill, interest, activity or hobby.

Can you imagine?

 To be sixteen years old and never spent An afternoon casting a line off the Belle Isle Shore. To be sixteen years old and never have tried playing an instrument.  To be sixteen years old and never flew a kite in the spring winds. To be sixteen years old and not be able to read the Sunday comics. To be sixteen years old and have never learned how to set a table. To be sixteen years old and not know how to set up a camping site. To be sixteen years old and not be able to enjoy watching a sporting event because no one ever explained the rules. To be sixteen years old and not have a grasp of how to build a model airplane. To be sixteen years old and not experience all the refinements which make life an adventure and a journey instead of an obstacle course.