Please contact the Distress Centre Niagara for a volunteer informational package, complete the application package and return it to the Centre.
- We are looking for good listeners who are caring and non-judgemental.
- You will need to provide appropriate references and other documentation as required.
- You will need to complete a minimum of 21 hours of classroom training (usually 3 hours a week for 7 weeks)
- New volunteers complete 2 supervised telephone shifts (4 hours each) to help them prepare to work on their own.
- Volunteers participate in various interviews after completion of training process to ensure their comfort and ability.
- Volunteers must be able to commit to 16 hours a month.
- Volunteers must be able to work one 8 hour overnight shift per month for 12 months.
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Responsibilities:
Please contact the Distress Centre Niagara for a volunteer informational package.
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Benefits to Volunteer Crisis Worker:
- You give comfort to people who thought no one cared enough to listen.
- You know you are making a difference in someone’s life.
- You learn skills which will benefit you in all your future relationships, both personally and professionally.
- You will be a key team player in the service of Distress Centre Niagara; a well trained, dedicated volunteer who will make a difference in the lives of those unable to cope under today's pressures.
