What our volunteers do:
- Provide 1-2-1 emotional support over email and phone.
- Offer coping strategies and create resources to help people better self-manage individual circumstances.
- Manage and coordinate virtual safe spaces we provide.
Recruitment & Training Process
As already mentioned, we’re a start-up. We don’t have the infrastructure or skills in-house as of yet to recruit and train for ourselves.
However, we do have some organisational structure and partnerships to get you to a place where you can confidently provide emotional support and suicide prevention.
The first steps towards becoming a volunteer:
- 2 interviews (telephone and video call)
- Introduction and training (see About us page)
- Specialist training (including DBS application)
- Practical experience (shadowing other members of the team)
- Complete probation period (6 months)
Benefits Volunteering With Us
- No prior exposure or qualifications required (training and experience will fill gaps in knowledge)
- Gain real life experience working with services users with physical and mental health problems.
- Flexible shift-patterns (minimum of 4 hours a week).
- Work from home.
- Gain fulfilment in making a difference and saving lives.
- No expenses (other than a Kitty fund for DBS checks).
Skills we’re looking for:
- Digital: Social Media Management, Email, Forum Moderation.
- Financial: Fundraising, Book-taking, Accounting.
- Management: Safeguarding, Policy Development, Trusteeship.
Apply to Volunteer
Could you offer your time to Converse and Care for others? If so, we want to hear from you.
- Please look through the website so you know what you are applying for.
- You must be 18+ to apply.
- Please make a copy of the information you provide. Don’t refresh the page while filling out the form.
- The more information you provide, the more straight-forward the application process is.
Response time: 24 — 48 hours
✏️ Apply Here
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