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115 people are interested
Are you a Good Listener?
ORGANIZATION: Concern Hotline, Inc.
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115 people are interested
Do your friends tell you that you're a good listener? Are you compassionate and non-judgmental? Do you want to help people who have no one else to turn to? If you answered yes, then being a Concern Hotline Listener is the volunteer opportunity for you!
Concern Hotline was established in Winchester, VA in 1968 as a 24/7 suicide prevention hotline, but has grown in scope over the past 40 years to include providing compassionate listening, information and referral, and crisis intervention services to hundreds of thousands of people in the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
We provide our callers with the opportunity to share their problems without judgment, and we acknowledge their suffering and desire to improve their situation. We provide them with information about services available to help them overcome their challenges, and we comfort them in their time of crisis.
Volunteers are provided extensive training in Active Listening, the key component of our service to callers, as well as an overview of the many topics that come up on the hotline and the local resources available to callers.
Hotline calls are dispatched through an Answering Service, so Volunteers can take calls from their home or cell phone.
"I tend to live life at a high-speed, overbooked, often frantic pace. With four hours a week set aside to provide a place of kindness, calm reassurance, and peace for strangers I find my own life has gained more than four hours of kindness, calmness, and peace."
- Hotline Volunteer
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About Concern Hotline, Inc.
Location:
301 N Cameron St, Winchester, VA 22601, US
Mission Statement
Concern Hotline is a free, 24-hour helpline providing crisis intervention, problem solving, compassionate listening, outreach, and referral service to all members of the community.
Description
Concern Hotline is a 24 hour Crisis Intervention Suicide Prevention and Infomation & Referral Hotline serving the City of Winchester and the Counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah & PAge
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
301 N Cameron StSuite 201Winchester, VA 22601
DATE POSTED
September 19, 2023
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- minimum 16 hours per month in 4 hour shifts
- 12 hours initial training, then ongoing .