HOTLINE VOLUNTEER TRAINING FOR WOODSTOCK HOTLINE
AND FAMILY’S NEW CRISIS TEXTING LINE-TextMeBack!
Applications and interviews ongoing NOW at 16 Rock City Rd. Woodstock
Training begins Saturday September 26th, 2015
Open to all 16 and over
Call 845-679-2485 to find out more and schedule an appointment
Are you that person who people turn to in a pinch? Do your friends say you are a good listener? Family of Woodstock can help you expand your skills and enrich your life experience. Working as a hotline volunteer, whether on the telephones or with our new texting crisis line, is an amazing experience. You know that you are truly helping your neighbors when you volunteer with Family. We offer a willing ear, a compassionate heart, access to resources and skilled crisis intervention –as well as day to day help with food, free clothing and household items for families in need.
Training covers issues like child abuse and domestic violence, suicide and mental health, addiction and homelessness. Our skilled trainers guide volunteers as they develop the skills of active listening and crisis intervention. Our paid staff and volunteers continually find and share valuable resources in Family’s ever-growing database of help.
It has become clear that, as more people text as their essential form of communication, there is a large and growing part of the population who will not pick up the phone to call for help until their problems are overwhelming. Family wants to be more available to teens and twenties who are more comfortable texting about their issues than calling. In early 2016, the Woodstock Hotline will launch TextMeBack and the center is looking for new volunteers to help with this effort. Family always needs volunteers, but we hope you will consider joining us at this exciting time.
Tentative schedule (dates and times may change)
Saturday Sept 26
9am to 12
OVERVIEW, LISTENING SKILLS
1pm to 4pm
LISTENING SKILLS 2
Sunday Sept 27
9am to 12pm
SafeTALK
1pm to 4pm
IMMINENT RISK and
SAFETY PLANNING
Monday Sept 28
6pm to 9pm
CONFIDENTIALITY
HISTORY OF FAMILY
Saturday Oct 3
9am to 12
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
1pm to 5
MENTAL HEALTH
Sunday Oct 4
10 am to 2 pm
MENTAL HEALTH
Monday Oct 5
6pm to 9pm
SECOND LEVEL TRAINING
Monday Oct 12
6pm to 9pm
ETHICS, SELF CARE
& BOUNDARIES
ALL TRAININGS ARE HELD AT 16 ROCK CITY ROAD WOODSTOCK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
