SUICIDE PREVENTION PARNTERSHIP

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TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

 

          Suicide Prevention Partnership’s (SPP) training program is designed to prepare you to work as a volunteer crisis intervention hotline counselor. To become a counselor, you must attend all formal training sessions, fulfill the roleplay practice requirement (which can be done during the formal training sessions), and complete ICAROL training (our computer software).

 

     FORMAL TRAINING SESSIONS: Include a combination of lecture, experiential exercises, interactive exercises, films, etc. designed to acquaint you with a variety of mental health issues and how they specifically manifest themselves in hotline work. The dates and times of the formal training sessions are listed elsewhere in this training packet.

 

    ROLEPLAY PRACTICE: These small group sessions are held during the formal training days, and are facilitated by SPP counselors. You will practice a counseling situation with other trainees. A minimum of seven roleplays as counselor and seven as client is required. It should be stressed that this is simply the MINIMUM - you are encouraged to do as many as you like in order to feel confident about moving to the next step and actually taking calls.

  

     ICAROL Training: We use this software to enter data on each call, to consult an information & referral database, to track risk assessment, and to do our hotline scheduling.

 

     COMMITMENT: We generally ask for a commitment of an average of 4 hours per week for a minimum of one year. If you are unable to make this level of commitment, but you have some time available that you would like to contribute, we are open to flexible commitment arrangements.

 

     ANY QUESTIONS? Call SPP at 719-573-7447.

 

Summer, 2010

 

Dear Prospective Volunteer,

 

Thank you for your interest in training to become a volunteer crisis intervention counselor at Suicide Prevention Parrtnership (SPP). Training will begin with formal informational and experiential group sessions. The schedule of these sessions is as follows:

 

Training Dates: 

Tuesday, October 5     5:30pm-9:30pm

Thursday, October 7    5:30pm-9:30pm

Tuesday, October 12    5:30pm-9:30pm

Thursday, October 14   5:30pm-9:30pm

Saturday, October 16   12:00pm-5:00pm

Sunday, October 17     12:00pm-5:00pm

Tuesday, October 19    5:30pm-9:30pm

           

                      

THESE SESSIONS ARE MANDATORY AND CANNOT BE MISSED IF YOU ARE TO COMPLETE YOUR TRAINING. Formal training consists of presentations and exercises designed to provide an understanding of telephone crisis counseling. The remainder of the training (computer software training, observation, etc.) is done on an individual basis, at your convenience.

 

Enclosed is an overview of the training. We require a screening interview prior to training. The training class will be limited to 40 trainees. After receiving applications from prospective volunteers, we will contact potential trainees to come in for an interview. We ask for a $20.00 donation to help defray the cost of training materials (you will receive a 300+ page training manual with a great deal of information regarding the issues you are likely to encounter on the crisis hotline).

 

If you would like to become a volunteer crisis intervention counselor at SPP, please complete the enclosed application and return it as soon as possible, by no later than October 3, 2010 (but please try to return it sooner than that - we will need time to do an interview and the class starts on July 29). If you have any questions, please call SPP at 719-573-7447. We welcome the opportunity to hear from you.

 

 

 

 

Barry J. Koch Ph.D.

Board of Directors, Suicide Prevention Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

SUICIDE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP (SPP)

 

WELCOME. Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Suicide Prevention Partnership. For screening purposes, please complete the following:

 

 

Name                                Date                

 

Local Address                                               

Permanent Address                              

 

Phone #1__________           H W C Phone#2__   ___       _ H W C

Phone #3_____           __   H W C

 

Occupation     _____________

 

Date of Birth         ____     __

 

Social Security# _________________________  

 

E-mail address________                               

           ________

 

Your level of education___ ________ __Area of concentration___________________

 

Are you currently a student? Yes   No   If yes, school? _____________________      

 

      Status?   Fr     So     Jr     Sr     Grad

 

How long do you expect to be in the El Paso County area?

____           ____________           ________

 

Will you be available to work:

 

Holiday break 2010? yes   no   part of it_               

Summer Break 2011? yes  no   part of it                

 

 

What experience have you had working with people (eg. jobs, volunteer work, groups, trainings, etc.)?

__________________________________________________________

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Please list any current or past community involvements (e.g. clubs, organizations, volunteer activities, etc.)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

We generally ask for a commitment of an average of 4 hours per week for one year. Can you make this commitment?   Yes       No   If no, what commitment would you be able to make in terms of hours per week and length of time?

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Do you intend to work with us as part of an undergraduate or graduate school practicum?       yes no   If yes, what school and program?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How did you hear about Suicide Prevention Partnership?

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What has led you to apply to SPP’s training program?

____________________________________________________________

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What difficulties, if any, do you think you might encounter working at an agency where a nonjudgemental attitude is required?

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Have you checked your schedule to make sure you can attend ALL training sessions?

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What other information, if any, do you wish to provide?

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We ask for a contribution of $20.00 to help defray the cost of training supplies. This is paid upon acceptance to the training program. Thank you for your time and interest.

 

Suicide Prevention Partnership (SPP) reserves the right to screen potential volunteers/counselors. Completion of this application does not guarantee the applicant a volunteer position at SPP. SPP does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

FAX THE APPLICATION TO (719)-572-0763

OR MAIL TO THE ADDRESS BELOW. THANK YOU.