Volunteer

So, you’d like to volunteer for ConnecTeen? Here is what you need to know.

Youth volunteers provide confidential peer support every day from 5pm-10pm by phone, chat and email. Youth volunteers will use active listening, risk assessment techniques and help refer teens to other services that can help them in their situation. We provide comprehensive training, so every volunteer has the skills and knowledge to help.

Youth Volunteers must be between the ages of 15-21 and

• Have excellent computer skills
• Good listening and communications skills
• Be able to keep a level head in a stressful situation
• Accepting and non-judgemental
• Able to follow policies and procedures (everyone’s got some rules to follow, right? Keeping calls and chats confidential is really important)
• Have an excellent command of the English language (both spoken and written)

If you have all that, and you can commit to three, 5-hour shifts per month over eight months (24 shifts total), then please fill out an application to volunteer.

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Send your completed application, or any questions to: volunteer@distresscentre.com

Our upcoming training group schedules:

June Training Group

September Training Group

ConnecTeen is a program of Distress Centre.

Who are ConnecTeen's Volunteers? Find out here »