*This opportunity will require a CYFD background check to be completed. This will cost $60, but S.A.F.E. House will reimburse you after you have completed at least 16 hours of volunteer work if you choose.
Please allow up to 3 business days for an email/and call to complete the volunteer application, confidentiality form, and CYFD background check.
Are you handy, energetic, or simply looking for a way to give back? S.A.F.E. House is seeking dedicated volunteers to assist our Maintenance Department with essential tasks that help keep our shelter safe and welcoming for survivors of domestic violence.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Assists with minor building repairs, including drywall work.
2. Maintains buildings, performing minor and routine painting, plumbing, electrical, and other related maintenance activities.
3. Assists with servicing and starting furnaces and coolers; replacing air conditioner and furnace filters as needed.
4. Notifies the Facility Manager concerning the need for major repairs or additions to lighting, heating, and ventilating equipment, buildings, walkways, floors, grounds, etc.
5. Cleans snow and debris from walkways; picks up refuse from grounds; mows, trims, and prunes landscape.
6. Light repairs (painting, fixing furniture, etc.)
7. Yard work (landscaping, raking leaves, snow removal)
8. General upkeep to maintain a safe, clean environment
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:
· Have close and distant vision capability.
· Have the ability to read typescript.
· Speak and hear face to face.
· Speak and hear on a telephone.
· Frequently work in outside weather conditions.
· Frequently stand, walk, crawl, lift, sit, bend, reach, kneel, or crouch.
· Frequently walk and/or climb stairs.
· Operate an automobile, if required.
· Lift and/or move up 50+ lbs.
· Use hands and fingers, handle and feel objects, tools, or controls.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
