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37 people are interested
Volunteer/Intern Telephone Crisis Counselor
ORGANIZATION: Crisis Connection
Please visit the new page to apply.
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37 people are interested
PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS
We need volunteer phone counselors to help us with the vital work of Crisis Connection,
a nonprofit mental health agency that provides 24-hour crisis counseling by telephone and Text. Crisis Connection’s service is free, confidential, and available 365 days a year to callers throughout Minnesota.
Anyone can call us for help, and talk about issues such as depression, suicide, abuse,
and family and relationship problems. We also provide information and referrals to additional community resources. Currently, we respond to more than 45,000 calls a year.
Crisis Connection counselors are trained volunteers who are partnered with skilled professionals. They are trained to respond to callers in nonjudgmental and positive ways, and are supported by the professional staff available at all times. Our goal is to provide callers with emotional support, to de-escalate any crises, and help callers find additional helpful resources.
If you are at least twenty years of age and you’re able to serve for four hours per week on our crisis hotline, we’d love to hear from you!
Please contact Jennifer at (612) 852-2201
jbaker@hsicrisis.org
Training
Crisis counselors must complete one volunteer/intern training session prior to serving on our hotline. Trainings are offered monthly, at no charge to volunteers and interns. Each training session spans a four-week period and convenes on both Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The last class of each session will last until 10:00pm.
Suicide Prevention
We ask that volunteers/interns complete ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) within 2 months of service. ASIST certification is a $225 value and provided to our volunteers and interns at no charge. Between 12 to 15 hours of Continuing Education Units are provide for completing ASIST
More opportunities with Crisis Connection
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Crisis Connection
Location:
1550 E. 78th Street, Richfield, MN 55423, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Crisis Connection is to ensure 24-hour access to crisis intervention and suicide prevention services through a partnership of skilled volunteers and paid staff. Our goal is to help people at risk of harming themselves or others reach a place of emotional and physical safety and then connect them with longer term care.
Description
Crisis Connection is a part of the Canvas Health's system of behavioral healthcare. Canvas Health is a nonprofit, mental health/chemical health agency. Crisis Connectioin provides provides 24-hour crisis counseling by telephone and text message. This service is free to callers and texters, confidential and available 365 days of the year. Crisis Connection counselors answering the crisis phone and text lines are a partnership of skilled mental health professionals and supervised trained volunteers. They respond to callers and texters in nonjudgmental and positive ways. Currently we respond to more than 50,000 calls and texts a year.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1550 East 78th StreetRichfield, MN 55423
DATE POSTED
August 1, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 20
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours per week minimum