Spruce
Run Association, the domestic violence project serving Penobscot
County, is looking for volunteers!
No prior experience is required; training is provided.
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Hotline Volunteer:
Spruce
Run's hotline is available 24 hours/day for anyone who wants
a safe, confidential place to talk about what's going on in
a relationship or about a friend or family member who may
be abused. Hotline volunteers:
- support
and validate a caller's feelings,
- explore
options,
- provide
information about abuse and available community resources,
- support
and validate the caller's right to peace & dignity at
home.
Hotline training
consists of 12 evening sessions, designed to be both personally
supportive and informative.
Hotline volunteers
typically work from their homes on nights and weekends, although
some choose to work at Spruce Run's Resource Center. Experienced
backup is always available.
Children’s Worker:
All children can benefit from a place to feel safe and
comfortable to play, have fun and have positive interactions
with caring adults. We strive to give these experiences to
children of parents using our services. Children's workers have
a chance to:
-
participate in weekly children's group providing a fun and
safe environment,
- meet
regularly one-on-one with a child living in shelter,
- help to
maintain the children's program supplies and play areas.
Children's
worker training, which consists of 8 sessions, provides
information about children's developmental stages, the impact
of witnessing and experiencing abuse and appropriate ways to
set limits and offer support.
Other Volunteer Positions:
Volunteers can
also help by doing office work, being part of a committee,
working on special events and sorting and moving donations.
Contact us for more information about current vacancies.
Continuing
Education Units are available for trainings.
Work Study
positions are available.
For
more information about any of these opportunities, please
call 945-5102.
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