Volunteers

Our volunteer positions provide individuals with the opportunity for community involvement and an enriched sense of purpose in their lives. Opportunities include coordinating events, resource development, customer service, general office support, fundraising and giving campaigns, child and adolescent support, research, and work on special projects. Volunteer placement is based on your interests, availability, skills and strengths. Commitments vary dependant on the program.

Find out how you can help us change the lives of others while you enhance your own by volunteering today. For more information contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Zane Curtis at volunteer@mhsinc.org or by calling 858-573-2600.

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**Please note, if you want to gain clinical hours for educational purposes, please check out our clinical internship opportunities.

How do I Become a Volunteer?

Application: The first step in becoming a volunteer with Mental Health Systems is to complete a volunteer application. Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator to receive an application.

Interview: All volunteers will go through an interview with our Volunteer Coordinator. The interview will take about 30 minutes. It is used to discuss your volunteer interests as well as our programs and volunteer opportunities, so that we can find a great match for you.

Screenings: All volunteers (except Level 1 volunteers) will complete the following screenings and must have:

• Dept. of Justice and FBI background checks
• A Clear Tuberculosis (TB) test
• A Clean Drug test
• Clean Driving record checks

In addition, there will be 2 Personal Reference checks.

**All of the required screenings are paid for by MHS**

Placement: After the Volunteer Coordinator receives your screening results, you will be able to start volunteering and making a difference in the lives of children, youth and adults!

MHS relies heavily on volunteers and we could not be as successful without the help and support of people like you.

Contact us now to sign up as a volunteer!
Call us at 858-573-2600 or e-mail us at volunteer@mhsinc.org

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Levels of Volunteering

Level 1:
This level volunteer helps us run events and large community projects and is not in direct contact with clients. Possible assignments might include event registration, weekend projects, painting, etc. Volunteers at this level have less screening because they do not interact with clients.

Level 2:
This level of volunteer has limited interaction with clients. Possible assignments might include tasks such as reading books to kids, front desk assistance at one of our recovery homes, kitchen help, teaching our clients gardening skills, general office support at our home office or one of our program sites, etc. A volunteer position at this level requires full screening since they have direct, supervised contact with clients.

Level 3:
This level of volunteer has full interaction with clients. Examples of some roles that might be filled at this level are dentists, therapists, mentors, etc. This level of volunteer requires full screening plus an additional interview at the volunteer site with the program manager.

Give the gift of yourself, your time, your effort, and discover
the benefits of volunteering.

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