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Volunteers
Making it work!
Volunteers play a vital role at Klinic. Many of the services we provide are made possible only through the commitment of time, energy and caring made by volunteers.
Why should I be a Klinic volunteer?
Being a volunteer at Klinic means you can:
- contribute to your community.
- develop new skills.
- raise your social awareness.
- gain career-related experience.
Who volunteers at Klinic?
Klinic volunteers come from all walks of life. You don't need to have any special training or experience. The one quality that is required is the ability to empathize with diverse crisis situations people may be facing.
Volunteer opportunities
What volunteer opportunities are available at Klinic?
THE FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPTION OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED AT KLINIC. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING IS A PREREQUISITE TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM. SEPARATE TRAININGS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, DROP IN COUNSELLING, AND MANITOBA FARM & RURAL STRESS LINE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.
Crisis Intervention Counselling / Manitoba Suicide Line (Winnipeg & Brandon)
The Crisis Intervention volunteer counsellors provide telephone, including follow-up crisis counselling. Volunteers receive approximately 80 hours of crisis intervention training over a three month period. The training is intense, constantly requiring an openness and willingness to look at one’s attitudes and values. Topics covered include: Crisis Intervention, Communication, Sexuality, Suicide, Depression, Relationships, Sexual Assault, and Domestic Violence. A 12 month commitment is required which consists of working one 4-hour telephone shift per week.
Manitoba Farm & Rural Stress Line Volunteer Counselling (Brandon)
MFRSL volunteers provide information, support, counselling and referrals to farmers and rural Manitobans through our toll free telephone help line. MFRSL volunteers will have a farming background and an understanding of the unique challenges facing farm families and rural communities today. MFRSL volunteers are expected to take the entire Crisis Intervention Counselling Training, followed by an 8 hour MFRSL orientation. MFRSL volunteers will also be expected to provide counselling on the Crisis Line and the Manitoba Suicide Line.
Sexual Assault Crisis Counselling
The Sexual Assault Crisis volunteer counsellors provide telephone, in-person and follow-up crisis counselling. They offer advocacy to women with the police, hospital and courts. Volunteers are required to complete the crisis intervention training and 16 hours of specialized training around sexual assault issues. A 6 month commitment is required including one-4 hour telephone shift per week, 2 on-call shifts per month and attendance at small group and individual supervision sessions each month.
Reproductive Health Services Counselling
The Reproductive Health Services volunteer counsellor is an individual with energy, who has a youth friendly approach, is pro choice and gay positive. The Volunteer will be a part of our Teen Klinic team and works 1-1 or in groups with teens as required at our Monday night Teen Klinic. As a volunteer in this program you will attend a 40-hour training program, this course is offered yearly in April. A 6 month commitment is required. The training is to assist the volunteer with what issues teens may present with, such as an unplanned pregnancy, contraception, testing for sexually transmitted infections etc. Once the educational sessions are completed practicum experience will follow. So if you have energy, want to make a difference and know that primary health care is a right and not a privilege no matter your age, sex, gender or sexual orientation, we would love for you to join our team!
Community Drop In Counselling Program (currently not taking new volunteers until further notice)
Volunteers in the Community Drop In Counselling Program provide in-person counselling to men, women and youth (ages 13+) on a wide variety of issues. Clients are typically seen for a one-time appointment, however there are opportunities for short-term follow-up counselling of up to six sessions. Volunteers in the Community Drop In Counselling Program will have two years experience in social services. To build on the skills and empathy they bring, they receive 45 hours of training over six weeks in the areas of, among others, suicide intervention, domestic abuse and trauma. If you are looking to expand your clinical experience, this is the place for you! Volunteers are asked to make a one-year commitment of (for the first three months) two four-hour shifts per month. After this time, the commitment drops to one four-hour shift per month. While volunteers counsel independently, they consult and debrief as part of a team. For a challenging, dynamic and rewarding volunteer experience; Drop In is the program for you!
Teen Talk Peer Support Program
Peer Support is an exciting, youth-directed volunteer opportunity for youth aged 13-19. We provide a 38-hour training program to educate youth in the area of healthy relationships, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, and how to act as a link to community resources for their friends and peers. After training, peer supporters may initiate activities in their schools and communities such a skit presentations, ‘zines, newsletters, or resource lockers. Training takes place at different times throughout the year and across the province. For more information phone 784-4010.
How do I become a Klinic volunteer?
Winnipeg: Click Here to register your name on our waiting list. You will be contacted for the next available training. Once contacted you will be required to attend a 1.5 hour interview and obtain a criminal record search and a child abuse registry check.
Brandon: Call 571-4182.
The Challenge
What if I don't have the required skills?
Everyone has skills that are valuable. After an initial interview, to ensure that both your needs as a volunteer and Klinic's are compatible, you may be invited to take part in a training program designed to further enhance and develop those skills.
Throughout the year, in-services are offered to help volunteers maintain and update their training.
What can a volunteer expect at Klinic?
Klinic volunteers can expect a work environment that will continue to challenge them. Learning does not end with training. Each day brings with it the opportunity to utilize existing skills and practice new ones, all in a supervised setting.
Volunteers are also entitled to a work environment that offers ongoing support, feedback and evaluation.
All volunteers interested in volunteering with Klinic will be required to undergo a criminal records search and child abuse registry check.
The Training Schedule
The schedule for Crisis and Sexual Assault Crisis training for 2012 is as follows:
Winnipeg
- January 9, 2012 – April 2, 2012
Monday and Wednesday evenings - 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- April 2, 2012 - June 20, 2012
Monday and Wednesday evenings - 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- August 7, 2012 - October 25, 2012
Tuesday and Thursday evenings - 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- September 5, 2012 - December 5, 2012
Monday and Wednesday evenings - 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
If you are interested in attending any of the Winnipeg training sessions, it is recommended that you call at least 6 months prior to the session start date as space is limited.
Brandon
- January 10, 2012 - March 29, 2012
For information on volunteering for Klinic in Brandon go to:
General Training Information:
- For Volunteer positions in Winnipeg (Crisis, Sexual Assault Crisis Program, and Teen Klinic) please Click Here to register your name. Please note that for the Crisis and Sexual Assault Crisis Program you will be put on a wait list. Once a training spot comes open, you will be contacted to set up a 1.5 hr interview.
- In Brandon (Crisis Intervention, MFRSL, and Manitoba Suicide Line) please call Janet at 571-4182.
- For Teen Talk please call 784-4010.
- Those of you interested in specializing in Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention will have an additional 16 hours added to the training.
- Manitoba Farm & Rural Stress Line Volunteers (Brandon) will have an additional 8 hours added to the training.
- You are expected to attend all of the training sessions. If you are unable to do so you should consider starting a training that is more convenient for your schedule.
- The volunteer time commitment begins after the training. It is one year for crisis, Manitoba Farm & Rural Stress line, drop in, and reproductive health volunteers, and six months for sexual assault volunteers. Please think carefully whether you are able to make this commitment at this time as volunteer resources to the crisis lines are of up most concern.
- In Winnipeg we offer four trainings each year and in Brandon one to two per year; so don’t worry if the next training is not convenient for you.
- The training is offered free of charge for those making the full volunteer commitment. However, if you do not fulfill the commitment, you will be invoiced ($400.00) for the training. There is a cost of $25.00 for the training manual to cover the cost of printing.
- All volunteers interested in volunteering with Klinic will be required to undergo a Criminal Records Search ($30.00) and a Child Abuse Registry Check ($12.00). Subsidies are available.
- Those of you unable to make the volunteer commitment may be able to take the classroom portion of crisis training for a cost of $400.00. This is dependent on the availability of space in each training. Priority is given to people able to make a volunteer commitment.
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