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ORGANIZATION: Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC)

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HAWC

Help staff our 24-hour emergency hotline during daytime, weekday hours. Listen to people experiencing domestic violence, validate their feelings and emotions, provide resources and referrals, and connect them to HAWC advocates and programs. You could help someone in need from the comfort of your own home or complete your shifts from one of our offices for additional experience.

For more information please contact Kelsea Dixon at kelsead@hawcdv.org or at 978-744-2299 ext. 118.

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About Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC)

Location:

27 Congress Street, Suite 204, Salem, MA 01970, US

Mission Statement

The purpose of HAWC is to create social change by taking action against personal and societal patterns of violence and oppression. HAWC provides services and support to victims of domestic violence residing in 23 cities and towns in the Massachusetts Northshore in order that they may make informed, independent decisions about their futures.

Description

Since 1978, HAWC has offered free and confidential domestic violence programs and services from Saugus to Rockport.

HAWC has offices in Salem, Lynn, Gloucester, and Beverly. Services offered include:

  • 24-hour hotline
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Hospital advocacy at North Shore Medical Center sites
  • Advocacy in Beverly police departments
  • Legal advocacy in fourdistrict court jurisdictions (Gloucester, Lynn, Peabody, and Salem) and Essex County Probate and Family Court
  • Support groups
  • Individual short term advocacy
  • Prevention education in schools and the community
  • Services for children who witness domestic abuse

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Crisis Support
Emergency & Safety
Advocacy & Human Rights, Crisis Support, Emergency & Safety

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

27 Congress St. Suite 204Salem, MA 01970

(42.51868,-70.88857)
 

DATE POSTED

December 28, 2015

SKILLS

  • Spanish
  • Customer Service
  • Critical Thinking
  • People Skills
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Relationship Building

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 1 year commitment at 4-5 hours per week
  • 45-hour training in February, September, or June - prior to beginning hotline shifts.

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