Volunteer Positions


Events & Fundraising

Opportunities may include supporting events, fundraising initiatives, and other ways to engage the TBI community in our mission.


Retreat program

Volunteer: Kitchen Support Crew

Join a team dedicated to supporting brain health through nutrition! Learn core principles and recipes to nourish your brain.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist Head Chef with meal preparation for three meals per day for ~50 people

  • Follow menu created by Head Chef

  • Wash dishes and clean the dining space

  • Assist with dish preparation and delivery

  • Prepare ingredients for recipes (chopping, slicing, etc)

  • Assist with shopping

Commitment expected:

  • Available for the entire event (Sunday-Friday)

  • Maintains a safe and clean work space

  • Maintains a positive attitude

  • Takes direction well

  • Ability to travel to retreat location

Skill Requirements:

  • Able to use a paring knife and a chef’s knife

  • Feels comfortable following recipes given by Head Chef

  • Familiar with whole food cooking process

  • Experience cooking for large groups

  • Clean and organized

  • Has an affinity to connect with others and answering meal-based questions

Engagement: 

We value and support an equitable community. Every person involved in the retreat participates to the best of their ability, as we learn, share, and have fun together! During the week, you will have opportunity to:

  • Participate in community through yoga, shared meals, workshops and activities

  • Learn about TBI and resources that facilitate healing and wellness

  • Deepen your connection to brain health practices

  • Support people in a variety of ways to maximize everyone’s participation in the week


Retreat program

Volunteer: General Volunteer

Join a team dedicated to supporting brain health!

Skill Requirements:

  • Clean and organized

  • Takes direction well

  • Strong time management

  • Strong emotional regulation skills and ability to work collaboratively on a team

  • Experience with the brain injury community

Engagement: 

We value and support an equitable community. Every person involved in the retreat participates to the best of their ability, as we learn, share, and have fun together! During the week, you will have opportunity to:

  • Participate in community through yoga, shared meals, workshops and activities

  • Learn about TBI and resources that facilitate healing and wellness

  • Deepen your connection to brain health practices

  • Support people in a variety of ways to maximize everyone’s participation in the week

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support with participant arrivals and departures

  • Lead set up/clean up of supplies during the Retreat

  • Serves as a Cabin Leader during Retreat to oversee a group of participants in their sleeping accommodations

  • Clean and maintain the Retreat environment

  • Be present during break/rest time to offer unstructured group activities

  • Support with Retreat cleanup at the conclusion of the week

  • Other general Retreat operations as needed

Commitment expected:

  • Available for full days the entire event (Sunday-Friday)

  • Maintains a positive attitude

  • Ability to travel to retreat location


Volunteer: Mental Health Professional

(e.g., Neuropsychologist, Social Worker, Licensed Counselor, Medical Doctor)

Join a wellness team dedicated to promoting brain health!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee mental health and safety needs of participants and staff

  • Offer mental health support in 1:1 and small group formats

  • Review health needs of all participants via health forms and personal conversations before and during the Retreat

  • Willing to intervene to de-escalate and/or facilitate difficult situations regarding mental health

  • Support medical intake process at the Retreat

  • Organize health information and implement a system for tracking and addressing needs for each participant during the Retreat

  • Contribute to discussions and resources for promotion of mental health and wellness

Skill Requirements:

  • PhD, MSW, LCSW, MD, or other relevant experience

  • Familiarity and/or practice working in mental health with the  traumatic brain injury community 

  • Preferred experience in mindfulness and/or yoga (either individually or professionally)

  • Available to offer mental health and wellbeing support in 1:1 and group settings at the program 

  • Experience or familiarity with suicide management

  • Ability to provide trauma-informed care

  • Preferred experience assisting with variable mobility support (wheelchair, walkers, canes, etc)

  • * Required to bring a laptop to perform medication tracking & scheduling

Commitment expected:

  • Available for entire event (Sunday-Friday)

  • Available to support in 1:1 and group settings at the program

  • Complete a review of health forms and organize information prior to start date

  • Ability to travel to retreat location

Engagement: 

We value and support an equitable community. Every person involved in the retreat participates to the best of their ability, as we learn, share, practice and have fun together! During the week, you will have opportunity to:

  • Participate in community through yoga, shared meals, workshops and activities

  • Learn about TBI and resources that facilitate healing and wellness

  • Deepen your connection to brain health practices

  • Support people in a variety of ways to maximize everyone’s participation in the week


Volunteer: Medical Professional

(e.g., RN, NP, MD, DO, or similar)

Join a wellness team dedicated to promoting brain health!

“Last week was such a rewarding and life affirming experience. I have never seen a community develop like that so quickly. It was an honor and privilege to be a part of it and something that I will always cherish. LoveYourBrain is so uniquely positioned to help people.”

- Drew Davis, MD, FAAPMR, FAAP, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the health and safety of participants and staff

  • Lead medical intake process at the Retreat

  • Point person for implementing LYB’s centralized medication distribution system (daily reminders, direct supervision for administration) to support streamlined medication consumption

  • Be familiar with health needs of all participants (via health forms and personal conversations)

  • Organize health information and implement a system for tracking and addressing needs for each participant

  • Lead medical emergency response and support immediate illnesses or injuries

  • Contribute to discussions and resources for promotion of brain health and wellness 

Skill Requirements:

  • MD, DO, RN, NP, LPRN, APRN, or other relevant experience

    Familiarity and/or clinical practice working with the traumatic brain injury community

    Preferred experience in mindfulness and/or yoga (either individually or professionally)

    Ability to provide trauma-informed care

    CPR/First Aid Certified

    Demonstrated experience leading seizure protocol

    Experience assisting with variable mobility support (wheelchair, walkers, canes, etc)

    * Required to bring a laptop to perform medication tracking & scheduling

Commitment Expected:

  • Available for entire event (Sunday-Friday)

  • Complete a review of health forms and organize information prior to start date

  • Ability to travel to retreat location

Engagement: 

We value and support an equitable community. Every person involved in the retreat participates to the best of their ability, as we learn, share, practice and have fun together! During the week, you will have opportunity to:

  • Participate in community through yoga, shared meals, workshops and activities

  • Learn about TBI and resources that facilitate healing and wellness

  • Deepen your connection to brain health practices

  • Support people in a variety of ways to maximize everyone’s participation in the week


Volunteer: Wellness Team Support

(e.g. OTs, PTs, SLPs, PhD, CTRS and similar)

Join a wellness team dedicated to promoting brain health!

Skill Requirements:

  • OT, PT, SLP, PhD, CTRS, or other relevant experience

  • Familiarity and/or clinical practice working with traumatic brain injury

  • Preferred experience in mindfulness and/or yoga (personally or professionally)

  • Ability to provide trauma-informed care

  • CPR/First Aid Certified

  • Familiarity with seizure protocol

  • Preferred experience assisting with variable mobility support (wheelchair, walkers)

  • Strong listening and emotional regulation skills

    *Required to bring a laptop to perform medication tracking & scheduling

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the health and safety of participants and staff

  • Be familiar with health needs of all participants

  • Support wellness intake process at the Retreat

  • Support the centralized medication distribution system (daily reminders, direct supervision for administration) to aid in streamlined medication consumption

  • Support Medical Professional in medical emergency response as well as immediate illnesses or injuries

  • Support Mental Health Professional as needed in addressing emotional and behavioral needs of participants and volunteers

  • Contribute to discussions and resources for promotion of brain health and wellnes

Engagement: 

We value and support an equitable community. Every person involved in the retreat participates to the best of their ability, as we learn, share, practice and have fun together! During the week, you will have opportunity to:

  • Participate in community through yoga, shared meals, workshops and activities

  • Learn about TBI and resources that facilitate healing and wellness

  • Deepen your connection to brain health practices

  • Support people in a variety of ways to maximize everyone’s participation in the week

Commitment Expected:

  • Available for entire event (Sunday-Friday)

  • Complete a review of health forms and organize information prior to start date

  • Ability to travel to retreat location


Programs

Volunteer: Outreach (no openings currently)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support across all of LYB’s programs with administrative tasks

  • Update account and contact information in Salesforce CRM platform

  • Participate in weekly meetings with the LYB programs team

  • Spearhead necessary communications to various stakeholders

  • Implement outreach strategy to raise awareness about LYB programs 

  • Brainstorm methods to reach new, diverse populations affected by TBI

  • Participate in the LoveYourBrain Mindset program

Skills Gained:

We value creating a supportive learning environment for volunteers involved in our programming. As such, we will provide opportunities to:

  • Utilize CRM platforms such as Salesforce

  • Learn the theory of resilience and how it can be applied to healing 

  • Integrate methods in developing and implementing outreach strategy for engaging key stakeholders (e.g., health professionals, advocacy groups)

  • Develop knowledge in community-based program administration for an underserved population

  • Gain experience contributing to a small, entrepreneurial non-profit team.

Skill Requirements:

  • Two years of undergraduate work completed, Bachelor’s degree, or relevant experience

  • Based in the US (due to US legal stipulations), however international applicants will be reviewed on case-by-case basis

  • Experience with or strong interest in TBI and group facilitation

  • Self-starter and able to work remotely

  • Familiarity and fluency with Zoom 

  • Candidates must have access to a working computer and internet (individualized IT support needs can be discussed)

Commitment Expected:

  • Available for at least 6 months, 5-7 hours a week

  • Access to your own computer with AV capacity and reliable internet

  • Ability to teleconference with LYB team at a regular interval (e.g., once per week)