Volunteering for NAPAC
We are now accepting applications for our next intake of volunteers which will be in May 2012. If you're interested in training to become a NAPAC Support Team Member, then please send in your application to Dawn (dawn@napac.org.uk) before the 5th April 2012.
We are seeking people who are interested in giving 3-4 hours a week to join our NAPAC Support Team, answering calls on the Support Line. Potential volunteers will need to be able to travel to Central London on a weekly basis. (We are based near Oval tube station on the Northern Line).
The role of Support Team Volunteers
The Support Team Volunteers are the 'service' that NAPAC offers. Their role is to answer the NAPAC Support Line to men and women who have experienced any type of abuse during childhood. Within this, the role of the Support Team Volunteers is as follows:
- To listen and understand in a non-judgemental, objective way.
- To acknowledge that abuse will bring up various emotions for callers – and to normalise these.
- To signpost onto other organisations where callers are looking for further support.
- To support callers as they explore their circumstances during the call.
- To explore possible options that callers may take – empowering them to make their own choices, enabling them to move forward.
How NAPAC supports their Volunteers
- We provide a safe environment for you to work in.
- We provide regular monthy supervision to discuss your volunteering and any successes and difficulties.
- We provide 2 ongoing training days a year to cover more specific topics and issues that may come up on the Support Line.
- We also provide tea, coffee and biscuits (in case this helps you make your decision to volunteer with us!).
Does this sound like something you'd like to do?
If it does then we want to hear from you...but first let us explain a bit about the process. Each potential Volunteer will need to complete our application form and the CRB Check Questionnaire.
- The Application Form: Tells us why you are interested in volunteering for NAPAC and a little bit about yourself.
- The CRB Check Questionnaire: Helps us start the process of completing the Police Check (which everyone has to do before going on the NAPAC Support Line).
Once we have received both of these from you, we'll invite you in for an informal chat so we can meet you and you can meet us.
Assuming we like each other, you will be invited to come along to our training days.
Still interested?
Read the full role of the volunteers, then complete the application form and CRB check questionnaire and send them to Dawn (dawn@napac.org.uk). Please note that we can't offer a full counselling placement for students (as we don't provide a counselling service), however there are many benefits that we can offer including specialised training. For more information please read our "Benefits for Trainee Counsellors" document below.
We look forward to hearing from you! |
Thank you NAPAC. Your team were brilliant. They’ve helped me to turn my life around. I thought I would never come to terms with what happened to me as a child but you have shown me that recovery and healing is possible. Thank you from the hurting child deep inside my memory.
~ A female survivor