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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Inconcievable Sadness
is there such a thing? lately i find there is.
this past few years, i have been trying to talk to Sarah about moving here so that she could be closer with me.
but she's been consistent about not coming.
now she is asking me to liquidate her emergency saving.
i worry because this is the last of everything she has.
this past few years, i have been trying to talk to Sarah about moving here so that she could be closer with me.
but she's been consistent about not coming.
now she is asking me to liquidate her emergency saving.
i worry because this is the last of everything she has.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
In this world, we meet many people. Some leave us a legacy, others a bad taste in the mouth. We always remember the first.
Shocking news from Joe, yesterday
My co-worker Joe pulled me aside yesterday to a quiet area. Unsure as to why he did that, I was curious.
Then he told me that last week he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
My heart dropped. Shocked. Saddened.
I gave him a hug.
We talked a bit more about the disease, his feelings, his anxiety, the anxiety of waiting, not knowing what would be coming up next.
I empathized with him that I know much about the feeling of anxiety and waiting. That ultimately, they are completely useless state of apprehension. One must not linger on them, or let them dictate the daily life style.
He thanked me and we both went back to work.
Then he told me that last week he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
My heart dropped. Shocked. Saddened.
I gave him a hug.
We talked a bit more about the disease, his feelings, his anxiety, the anxiety of waiting, not knowing what would be coming up next.
I empathized with him that I know much about the feeling of anxiety and waiting. That ultimately, they are completely useless state of apprehension. One must not linger on them, or let them dictate the daily life style.
He thanked me and we both went back to work.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Pray for Matt and his family
Constantine emailed today that his son Matt is in crisis.
My prayers:
I hope Matt will be at peace.
I pray for strength in his family.
I hope the court look beyond Matt's behaviors and see how beautiful he is inside, like his family see him.
I pray that Matt gets the treatment that he needed.
My prayers:
I hope Matt will be at peace.
I pray for strength in his family.
I hope the court look beyond Matt's behaviors and see how beautiful he is inside, like his family see him.
I pray that Matt gets the treatment that he needed.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Warm Line Coordinator (mental health consumer-operated listening and referral)
Salary: commensurate with experience
Education: No requirement
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
Posted by: Boston Resource Center
Job Category: Counseling, Direct social services
Language(s): English
Job posted on: May 4, 2008
Area of Focus: Health, Mental
Type: Part time
Last day to apply: July 3, 2008
Last updated: May 5, 2008
Description:
Warm Line Coordinator
The Warm Line is a consumer-run, friendly phone line through which consumers of mental health services receive support, share concerns and generally have a peer who
understands their perspective and is willing to listen and talk with them.
Qualifications:
Knowledge of dealing with hot vs. warm calls
Ability to show compassion, dignity and respect to callers
Good listening skills
Good skill in written and verbal communication
.
Further along in own recovery process such that they can manage job difficulties without compromising their own recovery
Ability to multi-task with multiple systems/technologies
Ability to make difficult decisions
Ability to work within a team, as well as independently
To present confidently about the tasks of your position
Preferred lived experience with mental health and/or addictions
Responsibilities
Provide supervision/support for Warm Line operators
Disseminate information and referrals
Foster a sense of team work
Collaborate with other professional agencies
Maintain a high level respect for individuals confidentiality at all times
.
Act as a role model, sharing strength and skills when appropriate
Complete required paperwork/records as needed for proper documentation
Help peers advocate for their own needs and wants
To be compassionate and caring while maintaining boundaries
To participate in regular supervision with Boston Resource Center program/operations manager
To participate in trainings
Additional Qualifications:
Previous experience with listening lines helpful.
How to Apply:
The warm line coordinator will be a direct care consultant to Boston Medical Center. This
is a 20 hour per week position with occasional evening and weekend hours required. Pay
commensurate with experience. Please send resume and cover letter to Boston Resource Center
Search Committee, c/o BU Psychiatry. Solomon Carter Fuller MHC, Suite 802, 85 E.Newton
St, Boston, MA 02118, or via e-mail to Shirley.Cole@bmc.org. Boston Medical Center is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Education: No requirement
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
Posted by: Boston Resource Center
Job Category: Counseling, Direct social services
Language(s): English
Job posted on: May 4, 2008
Area of Focus: Health, Mental
Type: Part time
Last day to apply: July 3, 2008
Last updated: May 5, 2008
Description:
Warm Line Coordinator
The Warm Line is a consumer-run, friendly phone line through which consumers of mental health services receive support, share concerns and generally have a peer who
understands their perspective and is willing to listen and talk with them.
Qualifications:
Knowledge of dealing with hot vs. warm calls
Ability to show compassion, dignity and respect to callers
Good listening skills
Good skill in written and verbal communication
.
Further along in own recovery process such that they can manage job difficulties without compromising their own recovery
Ability to multi-task with multiple systems/technologies
Ability to make difficult decisions
Ability to work within a team, as well as independently
To present confidently about the tasks of your position
Preferred lived experience with mental health and/or addictions
Responsibilities
Provide supervision/support for Warm Line operators
Disseminate information and referrals
Foster a sense of team work
Collaborate with other professional agencies
Maintain a high level respect for individuals confidentiality at all times
.
Act as a role model, sharing strength and skills when appropriate
Complete required paperwork/records as needed for proper documentation
Help peers advocate for their own needs and wants
To be compassionate and caring while maintaining boundaries
To participate in regular supervision with Boston Resource Center program/operations manager
To participate in trainings
Additional Qualifications:
Previous experience with listening lines helpful.
How to Apply:
The warm line coordinator will be a direct care consultant to Boston Medical Center. This
is a 20 hour per week position with occasional evening and weekend hours required. Pay
commensurate with experience. Please send resume and cover letter to Boston Resource Center
Search Committee, c/o BU Psychiatry. Solomon Carter Fuller MHC, Suite 802, 85 E.Newton
St, Boston, MA 02118, or via e-mail to Shirley.Cole@bmc.org. Boston Medical Center is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
SEARAC Job Opportunity: Education and Training Manager
On Tue, 6/3/08, Naomi Steinberg wrote:
From: Naomi Steinberg
Subject: [SEARAC Forum] SEARAC Job Opportunity: Education and Training Manager
To: forum@searac.org
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 9:23 AM
Please find below and attached to this e-mail the job announcement for
SEARAC's Education and Training Manager position, based in our
Sacramento office.
**
Education and Training Manager
Organization Background:
The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), founded in 1979, is
a national organization advancing the interests of Cambodian, Laotian,
and Vietnamese Americans through leadership development, capacity
building, and community empowerment. SEARAC fosters the development of
nonprofit organizations led by and for Southeast Asian Americans and
serves as a coalition-builder and leader, carries out action-oriented
research projects, and strengthens the capacity of community-based
organizations such as mutual assistance associations (MAAs) and
faith-based organizations (FBOs). We also foster civic engagement among
Southeast Asian Americans and represent our communities at the national
level in Washington, DC.
Position Summary: Reporting to SEARAC’s management team, the Education
and Training Manager will provide a wide range of training, public
education, and technical assistance to Southeast Asian (SEA) American
communities and organizations serving older adults in California. S/he
will be a highly skilled professional with a broad range of training and
project management skills. S/he will have primary responsibility for
implementing SEARAC’s Healthy Elders Leadership Project (HELP) in
California’s Central Valley and SEARAC’ Refugee Elders Advancing
Leadership (REAL) Project in the Central Valley and in the Bay Area. In
addition, s/he will support all of SEARAC’s programming in California as
needed. HELP is a project focused on three interrelated activity areas:
building the elders programming capacity of SEA community organizations
through training, technical assistance, and modest grants that enable
the organizations to establish funded, structured programs for elders;
opening of access to publicly funded services to SEA elders and their
families; and, creating new cadres and networks of community leaders to
ensure that public institutions and other decision makers attend to the
needs of SEA elders and communities, especially in the area of health
access and health care. The REAL Project provides civic engagement and
grassroots advocacy trainings for refugee elders.
Location of Position: SEARAC California Office - Sacramento, CA
Major Responsibilities:
• In coordination with SEARAC staff and project partners, provide
training and technical assistance in organizational development and
community education topics related to improving the elders services of
the MAA/FBO partners
• Participate in planning and implementation of project activities and
regional advocacy trainings for SEA elders and friends in the Bay Area,
Sacramento, the Central Valley, and other designated areas
• Develop and implement civic engagement, grassroots advocacy, and
community organizing training opportunities for Southeast Asian American
elders
• Take the lead on data collection, drafting and submission of reports
to funders
• Represent SEA American concerns with state and local decision makers
as necessary
• Carry out additional duties as directed by supervisors
Required Qualifications:
• Relevant experience working with SEA MAAs/FBOs or other
community-based groups in California
• At least two years experience working with SEA Americans in California
• Experience providing training and technical assistance to
community-based groups
• Experience with advocacy and/or community organizing with immigrant
and refugee groups
• At least two years experience with program planning and grant
administration
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Experience in budgeting, financial management, and project reporting
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal direction supervision
• Undergraduate degree
• Knowledge of SEA cultures and languages
Compensation: Commensurate with experience, plus a strong benefits package.
Starting Date: As soon as possible.
Application Procedure: Please e-mail, fax, or mail all three - resume,
cover letter, and two-page writing sample to:
Naomi Steinberg
SEARAC
Attn: Education and Training Manager Job Search
1628 16th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: 202-667-4690
Fax: 202/667-6449
E-mail: naomi@searac.org
SEARAC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER****************************************************************************
SEARAC (http://www.searac.org) is a national nonprofit organization working
to advance the interests of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans
through capacity building, advocacy, and education. SEARAC is proud to work
with a national network of over 180 Southeast Asian American grant-eligible
organizations accessible at http://www.searac.org/maa/.
From: Naomi Steinberg
Subject: [SEARAC Forum] SEARAC Job Opportunity: Education and Training Manager
To: forum@searac.org
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 9:23 AM
Please find below and attached to this e-mail the job announcement for
SEARAC's Education and Training Manager position, based in our
Sacramento office.
**
Education and Training Manager
Organization Background:
The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), founded in 1979, is
a national organization advancing the interests of Cambodian, Laotian,
and Vietnamese Americans through leadership development, capacity
building, and community empowerment. SEARAC fosters the development of
nonprofit organizations led by and for Southeast Asian Americans and
serves as a coalition-builder and leader, carries out action-oriented
research projects, and strengthens the capacity of community-based
organizations such as mutual assistance associations (MAAs) and
faith-based organizations (FBOs). We also foster civic engagement among
Southeast Asian Americans and represent our communities at the national
level in Washington, DC.
Position Summary: Reporting to SEARAC’s management team, the Education
and Training Manager will provide a wide range of training, public
education, and technical assistance to Southeast Asian (SEA) American
communities and organizations serving older adults in California. S/he
will be a highly skilled professional with a broad range of training and
project management skills. S/he will have primary responsibility for
implementing SEARAC’s Healthy Elders Leadership Project (HELP) in
California’s Central Valley and SEARAC’ Refugee Elders Advancing
Leadership (REAL) Project in the Central Valley and in the Bay Area. In
addition, s/he will support all of SEARAC’s programming in California as
needed. HELP is a project focused on three interrelated activity areas:
building the elders programming capacity of SEA community organizations
through training, technical assistance, and modest grants that enable
the organizations to establish funded, structured programs for elders;
opening of access to publicly funded services to SEA elders and their
families; and, creating new cadres and networks of community leaders to
ensure that public institutions and other decision makers attend to the
needs of SEA elders and communities, especially in the area of health
access and health care. The REAL Project provides civic engagement and
grassroots advocacy trainings for refugee elders.
Location of Position: SEARAC California Office - Sacramento, CA
Major Responsibilities:
• In coordination with SEARAC staff and project partners, provide
training and technical assistance in organizational development and
community education topics related to improving the elders services of
the MAA/FBO partners
• Participate in planning and implementation of project activities and
regional advocacy trainings for SEA elders and friends in the Bay Area,
Sacramento, the Central Valley, and other designated areas
• Develop and implement civic engagement, grassroots advocacy, and
community organizing training opportunities for Southeast Asian American
elders
• Take the lead on data collection, drafting and submission of reports
to funders
• Represent SEA American concerns with state and local decision makers
as necessary
• Carry out additional duties as directed by supervisors
Required Qualifications:
• Relevant experience working with SEA MAAs/FBOs or other
community-based groups in California
• At least two years experience working with SEA Americans in California
• Experience providing training and technical assistance to
community-based groups
• Experience with advocacy and/or community organizing with immigrant
and refugee groups
• At least two years experience with program planning and grant
administration
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Experience in budgeting, financial management, and project reporting
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal direction supervision
• Undergraduate degree
• Knowledge of SEA cultures and languages
Compensation: Commensurate with experience, plus a strong benefits package.
Starting Date: As soon as possible.
Application Procedure: Please e-mail, fax, or mail all three - resume,
cover letter, and two-page writing sample to:
Naomi Steinberg
SEARAC
Attn: Education and Training Manager Job Search
1628 16th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: 202-667-4690
Fax: 202/667-6449
E-mail: naomi@searac.org
SEARAC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER****************************************************************************
SEARAC (http://www.searac.org) is a national nonprofit organization working
to advance the interests of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans
through capacity building, advocacy, and education. SEARAC is proud to work
with a national network of over 180 Southeast Asian American grant-eligible
organizations accessible at http://www.searac.org/maa/.
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