Support Survivors of Domestic Violence! Training Provided

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VOLUNTEER COUNSELOR

Are you interested in supporting people impacted by domestic violence? Do you want to join a community committed to racial, social and economic justice? Volunteers are the backbone of our agency. We attribute our strong foundation to the support provided by volunteers and to their dedication to supporting survivors of domestic violence. We are deeply committed to our volunteers and experience great joy in providing personal and professional growth opportunities for them.

Please note that this opportunity requires the California state mandated 40 hour Domestic Violence training prior to volunteering. Training will be held online on alternating Thursday evenings from 6-8 pm and in person on alternating Saturdays from 10 am - 4pm. We are unable to offer the training and volunteer opportunities to out of state residents. Participants must be living within the Bay Area as our office is located in San Francisco and services are focused within San Francisco/Bay Area.

Upon successful completion of training, all trainees will begin volunteering on our support line. Currently all shifts are done remotely. Volunteers must have access to a confidental space with phone and internet access. Volunteers answer calls on our support line offering peer counseling, safety planning, information and referrals and act as a connector to other services throughout our organization.  We ask all volunteers to commit to at least four hours of service every week for one year.

Requirements

The following are our general requirements for volunteer applicants:

• Must be 18 or over
• Living with in the Bay Area in California
• W.O.M.A.N., Inc. offers the required 40-hour training on domestic violence for applicants interested in providing support and education. Our updated 40-hour training is a hybrid learning experience that combines the use of online modules and in-person activities.
• All applicants are required to read our Cultural Praxis
• We ask all Survivor Support volunteers to commit to at least four hours of service every week for a year.
• Training participants and volunteers must have access to the internet during training and their support line shifts. If this poses an issue, please contact Alicia ( alicia@womaninc.org).

Folks strongly encouraged to apply if you are:

• Bi-lingual, bi-cultural Spanish speaking strongly encouraged to apply!
• A survivor of domestic violence or a past program participant
• An immigrant
• A person of color
• A member of LGBTQ communities
• 40 or over
• Marginally housed, or formerly homeless
• Formerly incarcerated
• Have day time availbility M-F 9am - 1pm or 1pm - 5pm

Next Steps: Applications Due Jan 22

• If you are interested in applying, please fill out our volunteer application which is available on our website at www.womaninc.org/volunteer.
• Please email Alicia at alicia@womaninc.org once you have submitted your application for it to be reviewed
• Applicants will be invited to participate in an interview pending thoroughness of application (including review of Cultural Praxis) end of January and into February

Below are the required training dates

Virtual and In person Training Days

All training sessions are required to attend in order to begin volunteering and receive a certificate as proof of training completion. Sessions held on Thursday’s will be hosted virtually via zoom and Saturday sessions will be in person at the W.O.M.A.N., Inc office. More detailed information will be sent out as we get closer to training. Dates for the upcoming training are below, once again all sessions are required to attend.

Online modules begin

February 21, 2024

Day 1 - Zoom - Thursday, 3/7; 6 pm - 8pm

Day 2 - In Person - Saturday, 3/9; 10 am - 4 pm

Day 3 - Zoom - Thursday, 3/21; 6 pm - 8pm

Day 4- In Person - Saturday, 3/23; 10 am - 4pm

Day 5 - Zoom - Thursday, 4/4; 6 pm - 8pm

Day 6 - In Person - Saturday, 4/6; 10 am - 4pm

Day 7 - Zoom - Thursday, 4/18; 6 pm - 8 pm

Day 8 - In person - Saturday, 4/20; 10 am - 4pm

For more information, please send an email to alicia@womaninc.org

Apply directly at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WIvolunteer_application