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Monitor Materials
Reviewer Library
Clerk Research Assistant
Title: Cancer Resource Center Monitor
Purpose:
The Monitor provides coverage of the Cancer Resource Center during
selected hours of operation.
Assisting visitors in the use of on-site resources and
in locating materials to meet their expressed needs.
Responsibilities
- Greet all visitors; describe CRC services and programs; offer assistance
or just allow them to browse. Log all visits
to the CRC on appropriate form.
- Assist visitors to locate materials, signing out selections
that can be borrowed or kept for personal use or completing Request Forms when materials are not immediately available.
- Assist visitors who are using the computer software or
accessing the Internet. ( Any volunteer that needs instruction
in using our computers for Internet or software access
will receive training before assignment.)
- Assist in maintaining the display, ordering of materials to replenish supplies and re-filing of
materials used. A site map
is readily available to locate all holdings in the collection.
Qualifications
- An adult
who has the communication and listening skills needed to interact
with the public.
- Must read, write and speak English. The ability to read, write and speak other languages is highly desirable but not mandatory.
- Many visitors will be dealing with cancer directly.
The volunteer should feel comfortable working with issues
of disease and illness of others, be sensitive, nonjudgmental,
compassionate, and respectful of the users right to privacy and confidentiality.
- Personal experience with cancer on the part of the
volunteer or their family is not a prerequisite. It is
preferable that a volunteer who has been a cancer patient
be at least six months past completion of their cancer
treatments before volunteering their services at the Resource
Center.
- Background experience in education, healthcare, office
skills, or information services is valuable but not mandatory.
Training and supervision of procedures is provided.
- All volunteers must complete the hospital's volunteer
orientation and physical as required by the Westchester Medical Center Volunteer Office.
Orientation
Orientation will be accomplished by on-site training under
the supervision of the Cancer Resource Center Director or her designee.
Computer access training will be provided for any interested volunteer.
Support and supervision by CRC staff will be ongoing.
Are you interested in volunteering for this position? Let
us know by filling out this
brief form.
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