Vista Recruiting
OCCN
Volunteer In Services To America (VISTA) Program
OCCN VISTA Program New Recruit Procedures
The procedure to obtain VISTA volunteers through OCCN is as
follows:
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Applicant fills out AmeriCorps VISTA application
online. Application is available at https://recruit.cns.gov/applyform.asp .
When you fill out the online application, please make
sure you select the OCCN VISTA program by entering OCCN's
program code: 06VSNOH007-0 on the "Program Selections"
page . You can also do a search by selecting Technology as the Service Area and Ohio as the state and entering occn as the keyword.Be sure two references complete the online
reference forms. Reference should be individuals whom
the applicant has a work/volunteer relationship with.
Individuals at the CTC site may not serve as the references.
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Gary Lambert or Robb Ebright and the
Site Supervisor interview the VISTA candidate. Site Supervisor
must be someone the VISTA will work with everyday, usually
it is the individual in charge of the computer lab.
If both people think the individual will make a good VISTA
and the individual would like to continue the process
then:
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Site Supervisor completes a Supervisor
Evaluation Form and an On-Site Orientation Form. For additional
details, see Guidlines for
Project Supervisors and On-Site Orientation.
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Potential VISTA completes What
to Know Form , PSO Form , and
Use of Vehicle Form . Use of Vehicle form
refers to how the VISTA will go to and from the VISTA
site.
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The What to Know Form
and the Use of Vehicle Form must
also be signed by the site supervisor. Please
do not staple the forms.
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Site Supervisor and Potential VISTA create
a VISTA Assignment Description for the VISTA with VISTA's goals and duties.
The VAD can be emailed to OCCN VISTA Leader occnvleader@ohioccn.org .
The VAD must be approved by OCCN. The VAD must
be submitted to OCCN within the same timeframe as the
above forms.
(Note: All the forms that need to be completed
in steps 3 through 6 can be found at VISTA application forms
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OCCN submits the VISTA Application, and
all the other VISTA forms to the state office of the Corporation
for National Service. All this must be in to the state
office approximately two months prior to the Pre-Service
Orientation (PSO). Orientation schedules vary, and are
set by the state office.
If the Corporation for National Service accepts the application
and all the other paperwork then:
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Potential VISTA attends a Pre-Service
Orientation (PSO) in Chicago. At the end of the PSO the
individual is sworn in as a VISTA and begins service term
the day after he/she returns from Chicago. Service terms
are one year.
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The Site must be an OCCN affiliate member
during the calendar year in which the VISTA begins service.
If the CTC is not currently a paid affiliate member then
the Site needs to become a member. The membership form
is available on the OCCN web site ( http://www.ohioccn.org/members ).