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10 people are interested
Hotline Advocate (phone, text and chat)
ORGANIZATION: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Please visit the new page to apply.
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10 people are interested
Hotline Advocates listen to, believe and support every survivor while educating him or her about options, rights and services available to them. They speak, chat and text with survivors, their friends and family members, as well as professionals and other members of the community. Our call-forwarding system allows volunteers to take shifts and respond to calls from their home. Volunteers are required to complete our comprehensive 40-hour training program, offered several times a year, which covers topics such as rape myths and facts, listening skills, crisis intervention, mental health issues and sexual assault. Volunteers are required to provide 20-24 hours of service on a monthly basis for a year. Shift scheduling is flexible and available in various increments. Hotline Advocates are required to have a working phone and computer, while Face-to-Face Advocates require a reliable form of transportation. Volunteers are required to check email several times a week for updates and information. To apply or for more information go to https://clevelandrapecrisis.org/support/volunteer/
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About Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Location:
1228 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, OH 44115, US
Mission Statement
The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center supports survivors of rape and sexual abuse, promotes healing and prevention, and advocates for social change.
Description
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center was founded in 1974 in response to Cleveland’s long-standing need for services to assist survivors of sexual assault.
Before the 1970s, most people who had suffered sexual abuse suffered in silence. Feelings of guilt, shame or fear kept these women, children and men from speaking out about, much less reporting, their assaults. Only in recent years has their silence been broken, in part by their outrage and refusal to accept misplaced blame, and in part by their knowledge that others will be there to support them.
Lynn Hammond and Carrie Zander founded Cleveland Rape Crisis Center’s hotline in 1974. A grant from the Cleveland and George Gund Foundations allowed them to expand the hotline service and hire four full-time staff members: Lynn Hammond, Carrie Zander, Lorraine Schalamon and Jeanne Van Atta.
Over the years, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center has grown from a grassroots, volunteer-run hotline service to assist survivors of rape and sexual abuse to a 60-employee nonprofit organization providing leading counseling services, victim assistance in the justice system, and 24-hour services to survivors of rape and sexual abuse in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula counties.
For more information, please visit our website at www.clevelandrapecrisis.org.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1228 Euclid AveSuite 200Cleveland, OH 44115
DATE POSTED
June 15, 2018
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Counseling / Mental Health
- Crisis Counseling
- Critical Thinking
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 20 hours/month