12-Step Volunteer Coordinator

SHARE! the Self-Help And Recovery Exchange is a non-profit organization that operates two community self-help support group centers in Los Angeles, California: SHARE! Culver City and SHARE! Downtown. Together SHARE! Culver City and SHARE! Downtown currently host over 120 self-help support group (including 12-Step groups) meetings each week.

SHARE! is currently expanding its services throughout Los Angeles County and needs qualified candidates for the position of Volunteer Coordinator who have extensive personal experience in self-help support groups, are passionate about recovery, and want to help others find their own path to change and grow.
People at SHARE! are recovering from all kinds of difficulties including:

• Mental Health issues
• Alcoholism
• Drug Addiction
• Health issues
• Gambling
• Sex addiction
• Depression
•Bereavement
•Childhood trauma
• Codependency
• Divorce
• Anger, and many more.

Volunteer Coordinator Duties and Responsibilities:
• Recruit, train and supervise volunteers of all levels and abilities
• Coordinate volunteers to operate the self-help center
• Manage high stress situations/interventions
• Coordinate outreach to start new self-help support groups
• Provide crisis management as needed
• Assist with special events

Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of sobriety/abstinence required, 2-5 years preferred
• Experience supervising volunteers
• Managerial experience a plus
• 3 — 5 years of current personal experience attending self-help support groups
• Knowledge of 12-Step programs
• BA degree a plus
• Self-starter, able to take a project and run with it
• Bi-lingual any language a plus
• Honesty, Willingness, Open-mindedness, Desire to grow
• CAADAC or CADE not required.

Compensation: $28,000-$30,000 plus generous benefits package after initial training period of $12 per hour.

To apply:
Please send your resume and a cover letter detailing your passion for self-help support groups, your personal experience attending self-help groups and why you want to work at SHARE! to: kevin@shareselfhelp.org or 6666 Green Valley Circle, Culver City, CA 90230 or FAX to (213) 213-0108

SHARE! is an equal opportunity employer. We value people who have turned their lives around after difficult circumstances including felony convictions, mental health challenges and other problems. If you love self-help, are open minded, willing to work hard and learn a lot, SHARE! is the right place to work.

• Location: Culver City/Downtown Los Angeles
• Compensation: $28,000-$30,000 plus generous benefits package after initial training period of
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