Overview
TEENAGE SUICIDE PREVENTION: CRISIS CALLS & COUNSELLING Jobs in Home Based at Sonneblom Foundation
- You will provide your services pro bono.
- You will need to be registered with HPCSA, with suitable qualifications and experience, to work with and counsel children in South Africa with suicidal ideation.
- You will be part of a team manning a crisis line 24/7, on rotation, taking crisis calls and averting suicide.
- You will be part of a team providing follow-up suicide prevention counselling to children in need once their crisis has been averted.
- All services take place remotely via WhatsApp video call.
- You may volunteer as a practice with a single or multiple counsellors, or as an individual.
- You will report to an appointed psychologist who ensures all activities are above board.
- In general, the number of crisis calls is not extremely high, as we filter scammers’ fake calls before providing the direct numbers of counsellors.
- You will report detailed information of reach-outs to the senior counsellor and an administrative person for confidential recordkeeping.
- You will report limited information to the board of directors.
- We do see spikes in children reaching out shortly after visits to schools, but between these visits, calls are minimal.
- The follow-up counselling will be only where needed, and many interactions with children will stop after the crisis call is taken.
- As a non-profit, we cannot offer you any remuneration.
Work Location: Remote
Title: TEENAGE SUICIDE PREVENTION: CRISIS CALLS & COUNSELLING
Company: Sonneblom Foundation
Location: Home Based
