Individuals who have court-mandated community service hours to perform and are current Lifelong Clients may apply to volunteer with Lifelong AIDS Alliance.  Lifelong is not currently accepting community service volunteers who are not already Lifelong clients. 

Individuals who meet the basic criteria and agree to comply with the procedures below may begin by completing a Volunteer Application. Once your volunteer application is processed by volunteer services staff, we will contact you to arrange an interview and assist you with your volunteer placement and documentation required by the court.

Procedures

1. Community service volunteers will not serve in client contact positions or positions with access to money except in special circumstances to be determined by the Lifelong AIDS Alliance Volunteer Department. The Volunteer Department will be responsible for placement of community service volunteers within the agency. The nature of a community service volunteer’s crime and his/her community service status itself is strictly confidential. Information about a community service volunteer is provided to staff on a need-to-know basis. Program leads have the authority to terminate community service volunteers for cause and should contact the Volunteer Department prior to doing so.

2. Community service volunteers are responsible for ensuring that they are meeting the guidelines of their ordered community service, as well as conveying those guidelines to the Volunteer Program. Community service volunteers are responsible for ensuring that the appropriate paperwork is sent from the courts to the Volunteer Program. Community service volunteers are in charge of tracking hours worked on Lifelong timesheets and official agency volunteer timesheets and turning those into the Volunteer Program. Community service volunteers are responsible for letting the Volunteer Program know when paperwork is to be submitted on behalf of the volunteer and must give 48 hours notice to the Volunteer Program for completion of such paperwork.

3. Community service volunteers must complete all volunteer paperwork and attend a General Volunteer Orientation. Under special circumstances, a one-on-one orientation with a Volunteer Department staff member may be substituted. Community service volunteers are allowed two unexcused absences during the course of their service with Lifelong AIDS Alliance. If volunteers exceed two unexcused absences, they will be terminated. All community service volunteers will comply with confidentiality guidelines regarding the privacy rights of all direct or indirect participants of Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Community service volunteers will be expected to work within Volunteer Conduct Guidelines as presented during volunteer orientation. Community service volunteers must attend meetings and/or training sessions as requested by Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

Questions? Contact us directly at (206) 957-1776 or volunteers@llaa.org.