Needs From: Hands On Amarillo

    Hey everybody!
As the new Volunteer Advocate Coordinator of Family Support Services, I am currently recruiting volunteers to help support and advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual assault. This is a responsibility that is best taken on by our unique and diverse Amarillo community. Without our volunteers, our program wouldn't even be half as strong. Do you want to make a difference? Are you compassionate? Good at listening? Are you looking for a flexible way to make a difference in our community and others' lives?   If you answered “Yes,” Family Support Services wants you to be a part of our team!    Volunteer Advocates work directly with victims of sexual assault and family violence. When a sexual assault or family violence victim presents at the NWTH-ER or The Bridge, a Volunteer Advocate is dispatched to provide emotional support for the victim and his/her family members. The Volunteer Advocate stays with the victim throughout the immediate crisis, providing crisis intervention, emotional support, and information about services available. The FSS Volunteer Advocate Program is a Certified Sexual Assault Training Program administered through the Office of Attorney General. The training provides Volunteer Advocates 40 hours of training (10 of those hours are accompanying an experienced Volunteer Advocate).   For more information, contact Volunteer Coordinator Alexis Roberts at 806.342.2529 or aroberts@fss-ama.org.

We need volunteers to help with our Veterans Resource Center! 

 

The Veterans Resource Center (VRC) is a drop-in facility that provides veterans, family members and surviving spouses with the opportunity to meet peers, apply for benefits, and receive mental health services and referrals to other resources. The VRC also provides individual, family and marital counseling and equine therapy.

The VRC is directed by a peer-support trained veteran who will refer veterans and their family members to appropriate resources. The VRC will also provide online community-based application assistance services.

Services Available Include:

Identifying and addressing needs of Veterans and connecting with the resources they need Providing assistance to homeless Veterans and those at-risk Referrals to local Veteran-friendly agencies Individual, family and marriage counseling Peer support groups Family support groups Life skills training Equine therapy
Networking with local, area and statewide services for claims, compensation and education

Volunteers can help in many ways; interacting with veterans, landscaping our courtyard, etc.

 

For more information, contact VRC Director Verlene Dickson, U.S. Army-
Retired, at 806.342.2509 or vsdickson@fss-ama.org

Do you like to make a difference? Do you have a little time to give to others? Volunteers are essential to our ability to serve men, women and children in creating lives free of abuse!

Our Emergency Safe House is looking for individuals that can help with various tasks:

Minor maintenance tasks; painting, replacing lights, carpet cleaning Out door care; clean rain gutters, gardening,lawn care

If you have a few hours or a whole day and the desire to help we need you!

Contact Director of Emergency Housing Services, Michelle Shields mshields@fss-ama.org or 806-342-2576 for more information. Online application at Family Support Services website. 

Do you like to make a difference? Do you have a little time to give to others? Volunteers are essential to our ability to serve men, women and children in creating lives free of abuse!

Our Emergency Safe House is looking for individuals that can help with various tasks:

Assisting staff with clerical, environmental or client related tasks Children's groups

If you have a few hours or a whole day and the desire to help we need you!

Contact Director of Emergency Housing Services, Michelle Shields mshields@fss-ama.org or 806-342-2576 for more information. Online application at Family Support Services website. 

Did you know that Family Support Services operates the only crisis hotline in Potter and Randall Counties for those experiencing sexual assault, trafficking or family violence? Our hotline received almost 2,500 calls last year.

Volunteer Hotline Interventionist answer the Hotline for Sexual Assaults and Domestic Violence and provide callers with emotional support, education about the dynamics and impact of abuse,  and often provide someone with the emotional space to decide what their life could look like free of the abuse. These calls can be life changing for someone.

If this sounds interesting, we want you to be a part of our team! We will provide you with 20 hours of training. Shifts are flexible based on your availability and a perfect fit for a college student who can work on class assignments between calls and still make a positive impact in our community.

For more information, contact Director of Emergency Housing Services Michelle Shields at 806.342.2576 or mshields@fss-ama.org. Online application at Family Support Services website.