Volunteer Opportunities
Our volunteer team is made up of people dedicated to making a real difference in the Bell County Foster Care System. Every volunteer brings unique talents and gifts, while being able to build relationships with individuals who share the same desire to serve.
#everyonecandosomething
Check out the job descriptions below. Choose one or many. We are glad to help get you plugged in.
If you have a group looking for a service project, please email us at admin@fosterlovebellcounty.org to coordinate.
-
Certified Sitters will give needed breaks to foster families by providing occasional babysitting services for up to 72 hours. This could include, but is not limited to, providing childcare for Foster Support Group, Foster Interest Meetings, and for local foster families. Our caregivers will provide these services based on their own availability.
This volunteer must complete the FLBC Childcare Collaborative Certification which includes:
Background check
Fingerprinting
TB Test
CPR
Trauma-informed Training
This would be ideal for a volunteer needing flexible hours who would like to build relationships directly with parents and kids in the foster community!
Must be 21+ to get certified.
Here is the link to get started.
-
House Volunteers serve at the Foster Love House 2 hours, weekly, on a specific day.
Volunteering at the Foster Love House involves:
House cleanup
Filling Love Closet requests
Setting up for groups/events
Helping with projects, etc.
This person must be flexible, kind, confidential, and reliable. This is a position that doesn’t work directly with children as children staying at the Foster Love House are under CPS custody, but will be doing tasks that directly affect the foster community.
This volunteer will attend Annual Volunteer Training, has a completed background check on file, and has signed the DFPS Confidentiality Agreement.
This would be ideal for someone who would enjoy having a specific schedule and wants to help us serve the foster community at the Foster Love House. We request that our House Volunteers commit to volunteering once a week for 3 hours over a period of 6 to 12 months.
Available weekly shifts are 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. or 1 - 3 p.m.
Weekly volunteers must be 18 or older.
Here’s the link.
-
Event Volunteers serve during events & programs over the year. This includes:
Foster Community Appreciation (March)
Summer Goodness Bag Prep (May)
Santa Event (July)
Haircare Clinic (August)
Fall Goodness Bag Prep (October)
Christmas Events (December)
Event Volunteers will complete a background check and a signed DFPS Confidentiality Agreement on file.
This would be ideal for a someone who cannot commit to serving 2 hours a week like a House Volunteer, but wants to serve the foster community throughout the year.
Must be 18+
Teens 12+ interested in serving must be accompanied by an adult.
Here is the link.
-
Members of our Meal Team are available to cook meals during our weekly Foster Support Group for Fall and Spring semesters (6 weeks each).
This volunteer can cook at home or at the Foster Love House. We will have a sign-up for volunteers to pick the weeks that will work with their schedule. This would be ideal for a volunteer that needs autonomy and wants to serve local families.
Must be 18+
12+ must be serving alongside an adult supervisor.
Here is the link.
-
Our Prayer Team is available to pray for requests sent in to Foster Love, as needed. They must be able to use the GroupMe app to view prayer requests. This would be ideal for a volunteer who is available virtually and wants to actively pray for those experiencing all kinds of issues within the child welfare system.
Here is the Foster Love Prays GroupMe. Please click on the link and request to be added.
-
Celebration Box is so much fun! We need people looking to provide customized gifts and ready-to-go cake kits for birthday, adoption, graduation, or reunification celebrations.
Communication about gift requests are posted monthly on Celebration Box Facebook Page.
Join our Celebration Box Facebook Page Here.
-
The Love Closet Response Team are the first to know when items in the Love Closet get critically low.
We will update the Love Closet Amazon Wish List and notify the group - so that this team of volunteers can pick out and purchase these items in real-time, straight off the list.
This would be great job for a volunteer who wants the flexibility of getting requests via email and making donations to the Love Closet , as needed.
Use the Volunteer Interest Form below
Internships
Internships at Foster Love can be a very unique learning situation for any college student looking for experience in the Nonprofit, Social Work and Christian Studies fields of study. If you are interested in pursuing an internship at Foster Love, please view and apply.
If you have any specific questions, please email admin@fosterlovebellcounty.org.
-
Summer Interns at FLBC will get a ton of real world experience in the child welfare system. Whether you are working with our team on one of our many programs, learning how to communicate with those from hard places or helping to develop resources, there’s so much to learn. You will be challenged in the many facets of nonprofit work and there is always more to do. If you are looking for a place where you can make a difference, we would love to talk with you.
Currently we are looking for an 8 week+ commitment with a minimum of 120 hours. We will work with most schedules, whenever possible and can be flexible with areas of focus.
Applicants must be able to pass a background check.
Apply HERE.
-
Spring Interns at FLBC will get a ton of real world experience in the child welfare system. Whether you are working with our team on one of our many programs, learning how to communicate with those from hard places or helping to develop resources, there’s so much to learn. You will be challenged in the many facets of nonprofit work and there is always more to do. If you are looking for a place where you can make a difference, we would love to talk with you.
Currently we are looking for an 8 week+ commitment with a minimum of 120 hours. We will work with most schedules, whenever possible and can be flexible with areas of focus.
Applicants must be able to pass a background check.
Apply HERE.
-
Fall Interns at FLBC will get a ton of real world experience in the child welfare system. Whether you are working with our team on one of our many programs, learning how to communicate with those from hard places or helping to develop resources, there’s so much to learn. You will be challenged in the many facets of nonprofit work and there is always more to do. If you are looking for a place where you can make a difference, we would love to talk with you.
Currently we are looking for an 8 week+ commitment with a minimum of 120 hours. We will work with most schedules, whenever possible and can be flexible with areas of focus.
Applicants must be able to pass a background check.
Apply HERE.