Volunteers with The Alliance assist our agency by giving support to victims of domestic and sexual violence in crisis by staffing the 24/7 help line.
Volunteer Advocates are required to complete 30 hours of training. These free trainings cover everything you need to know to work with victims: confidentiality, advocacy, dynamics of domestic violence, effects of domestic violence on children, the court system and domestic violence, documentation of all client contacts, and domestic violence treatment standards and accountability.
Volunteer Advocates are asked to attend monthly meetings with the Advocacy Program Manager to answer questions, receive feedback, direction, and debrief after handling crisis calls. The Alliance feels consistency is important and therefore requests that Volunteer Advocates who staff the help line commit to a minimum of one year of service.
