Opportunities From: Volunteers United

Are you interested in supporting folks who have experienced sexual and/or domestic violence? Then consider becoming a hotline volunteer! 

Hotline Volunteers are responsible for responding to our 24-hour confidential hotline at the Aurora Healing Center at Sinai Hospital. Volunteers will work within the Healing Center at Sinai and answer calls coming through the hotline. Volunteers will be trained to assess and address the needs of the caller by providing information and referrals, emotional support, and crisis intervention. Volunteers may also assist with some office support during their shifts as well! 

This position requires a minimum of 8 hours of coverage per month and a minimum of a 6-month commitment. Shifts are very flexible!

Extensive volunteer training is required for this position, and the next volunteer training is:

Wednesday, October 22 5:30pm-8:30pm (virtual)Thursday, October 23 5:30pm-8:30pm (virtual)Tuesday, October 28 5:30pm-8:30pm (virtual)Wednesday, October 29 5:30pm-8:00pm (in-person at Aurora Sinai)

On top of these real time trainings (which will be a combination of both virtual and in person), there are some pre-recorded trainings that volunteers must watch on their own time. Training is about 12 hours total.

For more information, email nicole.glaser@aah.org. Compete this form if you're interested in moving forward with this position. 

 

Many survivors of sexual violence struggle with learning how to care for themselves. The Healing Center strives to help each of our clients learn to engage in self-care by providing them with techniques and skills to get them through various trauma reactions. Volunteers can help by putting together self-care kits for our clients to use. Each kit comprises of a small bag filled with a few different sensory items, such as fidgets, affirmations, and self-care items.

We ask that interested volunteers be able to provide the sensory items to put together, as we cannot always guarantee having any on hand for kit making.

If you’re interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity, please register for this opportunity or email healingvolunteer@aah.org.

This is a great opportunity for a group!

A healing rock is used to provide an inspirational message to a client who is on their healing journey but may need a little reminder one day. Take for example, Heidi, she is a 24 year old young professional in her first job out of college. She was sexually assaulted at a party in college and has flashbacks, re-occurring thoughts, and nightmares of the assault. Upon entering into services at The Healing Center Heidi has begun to work on techniques to cope through difficult days and one of those techniques is something called, grounding. Heidi keeps a rock in her desk drawer at work with the word: Courage. She pulls it out when she is having a flashback to the assault and describes the texture, color, feel, weight, and letters on the rock. The rock helps Heidi to remember that she is courageous and bring her back from the flashback.

Volunteers can help by creating healing rocks for our clients. Each rock will serve a different healing purpose for each client.

We ask that interested volunteers be able to provide the supplies needed to decorate healing rocks, as we cannot always guarantee having any on hand.

If you’re interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity, please register for this opportunity or email healingvolunteer@aah.org.

This is a great opportunity for a group!