For your convenience, the majority of your family violence training may be done ONLINE AT HOME.
Simply choose from the types of opportunities below and the level of training that works for your schedule and contact Volunteer Coordinator to get started.
CERTIFIED SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTEERS
This 40 hour training program is certified by the Office of the Attorney General. Certificate #FY24-0101-001.
Simply choose from the types of opportunities below and the level of training that works for your schedule and contact Volunteer Coordinator to get started.
- Minimal Training: (1 hour or less) resale shop, office, board member, special events
- Limited Training: Family Violence Program transportation volunteer, childcare, public-speaking
- Moderate Training: Family Violence Program crisis services, on-call volunteer
- Extensive Training: Sexual Assault Training Program for Volunteers - 40 hour classroom course
CERTIFIED SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTEERS
This 40 hour training program is certified by the Office of the Attorney General. Certificate #FY24-0101-001.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Minimal Training
Resale Shop Volunteer
Volunteers are needed in our resale shop in Perryton. Volunteers help us process donations more efficiently to benefit the victims who receive these donated items free of charge. You may choose your own schedule based on when you are available to volunteer. Just one hour a week or a month helps us tremendously. Occasionally, we need volunteers to help operate the store during vacation times of our employees. We always need male volunteers to help lift and transport furniture donations and to help us deliver furniture to our clients.
Office Assistant Volunteer
Volunteers provide assistance to our office staff. Volunteers provide a variety of tasks such as filing, copying, and helping with general office duties. Twice yearly, volunteers are needed to fold the Crisis Center’s newsletter and prepare it for mailing.
Board Member or Special Events Volunteer
Panhandle Crisis Center participates in a variety of special events throughout the year and would love to have volunteers to be a part of the team! Volunteers help plan, organize, set up, and work at various events and fundraisers to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault in the community. Board members serve three-year terms, provide oversight of the agency's operations, and organize the Center's local fund-raising efforts. These are two great ways to use your creativity, energy, and compassion to benefit a worthy cause.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Limited Training:
(Majority of training available on this website)
Transportation Volunteer - Family Violence Program
The Crisis Center has two specific needs:
1. Transportation volunteer for children’s groups on weekday afternoons.
2. Transportation volunteers for shelter clients. Shelter residents often need transportation to/from work, church, or
school.
Child Supervision
We have day and evening classes and groups for adults. We need volunteers during the day and/or evening hours to supervise the children in our children's playroom while their parents receive services.
Community & School Education Volunteers
If you enjoy talking to the public, you can join us. We try to educate the public and school students on domestic violence and sexual assault issues. Maybe you have a story to tell about yourself or someone close to you. Join our community education team today. Community Education volunteers for sexual assault topics must complete the 40-hour Sexual Assault Training Program.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Moderate Training:
(Majority of training available on this website)
Shelter Volunteer
Stay at the shelter for brief periods of time, answer the hotline telephone during lunchtime and/or after office hours. Spend time with adults and children, talking, listening, or playing games and reading with the children.
Hotline - Crisis Calls Volunteer
Answer hotline phone calls at the office or shelter. Assist victims and/or their families who have questions about domestic violence or sexual assault or who desire information about our services.
On-Call Volunteer
Volunteers choose their own on-call schedule based upon when they are available. Some volunteer a few nights a week, others once a month. On-call volunteers remain available to be contacted at home or by cell phone in case their services are needed. When the hotline worker receives a call following a domestic violence or sexual assault incident, these volunteers respond at the police station or hospital in order to provide crisis intervention services to the victim. Volunteers provide emotional support, inform victims of the agency's services, complete intake paperwork, and transport victims to our shelter when necessary.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Extensive Training: SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING PROGRAM
Panhandle Crisis Center is a certified by the Office of the Attorney General as a Sexual Assault Training Program. All volunteers desiring to provide any of the 5 services listed below to survivors of sexual assault must complete the 40-hour training program. Classroom instruction accounts for approximately 30 hours of the training with an additional 10 hours of on-the-job training.
Do you wonder if volunteering to provide services to victims of family violence or sexual assault is something you can do? Here is what an on-call volunteer has to say about her experience:
"Volunteers are never put in a position they are not prepared to handle. As volunteers become oriented, they may discover specific areas that they feel more inclined to serve. The areas I enjoy most are: Transporting individuals to and from shelter, relieving the shelter workers on occasion, and providing childcare at the Center for those attending the adult classes." Reneah Wilson, Volunteer
call 806-435-5008 or email Volunteer@pccperryton.org
Criminal background checks are required and are conducted at no cost to volunteers
Resale Shop Volunteer
Volunteers are needed in our resale shop in Perryton. Volunteers help us process donations more efficiently to benefit the victims who receive these donated items free of charge. You may choose your own schedule based on when you are available to volunteer. Just one hour a week or a month helps us tremendously. Occasionally, we need volunteers to help operate the store during vacation times of our employees. We always need male volunteers to help lift and transport furniture donations and to help us deliver furniture to our clients.
Office Assistant Volunteer
Volunteers provide assistance to our office staff. Volunteers provide a variety of tasks such as filing, copying, and helping with general office duties. Twice yearly, volunteers are needed to fold the Crisis Center’s newsletter and prepare it for mailing.
Board Member or Special Events Volunteer
Panhandle Crisis Center participates in a variety of special events throughout the year and would love to have volunteers to be a part of the team! Volunteers help plan, organize, set up, and work at various events and fundraisers to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault in the community. Board members serve three-year terms, provide oversight of the agency's operations, and organize the Center's local fund-raising efforts. These are two great ways to use your creativity, energy, and compassion to benefit a worthy cause.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Limited Training:
(Majority of training available on this website)
Transportation Volunteer - Family Violence Program
The Crisis Center has two specific needs:
1. Transportation volunteer for children’s groups on weekday afternoons.
2. Transportation volunteers for shelter clients. Shelter residents often need transportation to/from work, church, or
school.
Child Supervision
We have day and evening classes and groups for adults. We need volunteers during the day and/or evening hours to supervise the children in our children's playroom while their parents receive services.
Community & School Education Volunteers
If you enjoy talking to the public, you can join us. We try to educate the public and school students on domestic violence and sexual assault issues. Maybe you have a story to tell about yourself or someone close to you. Join our community education team today. Community Education volunteers for sexual assault topics must complete the 40-hour Sexual Assault Training Program.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Moderate Training:
(Majority of training available on this website)
Shelter Volunteer
Stay at the shelter for brief periods of time, answer the hotline telephone during lunchtime and/or after office hours. Spend time with adults and children, talking, listening, or playing games and reading with the children.
Hotline - Crisis Calls Volunteer
Answer hotline phone calls at the office or shelter. Assist victims and/or their families who have questions about domestic violence or sexual assault or who desire information about our services.
On-Call Volunteer
Volunteers choose their own on-call schedule based upon when they are available. Some volunteer a few nights a week, others once a month. On-call volunteers remain available to be contacted at home or by cell phone in case their services are needed. When the hotline worker receives a call following a domestic violence or sexual assault incident, these volunteers respond at the police station or hospital in order to provide crisis intervention services to the victim. Volunteers provide emotional support, inform victims of the agency's services, complete intake paperwork, and transport victims to our shelter when necessary.
Volunteer Opportunities Requiring Extensive Training: SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING PROGRAM
Panhandle Crisis Center is a certified by the Office of the Attorney General as a Sexual Assault Training Program. All volunteers desiring to provide any of the 5 services listed below to survivors of sexual assault must complete the 40-hour training program. Classroom instruction accounts for approximately 30 hours of the training with an additional 10 hours of on-the-job training.
- 24-hour domestic violence and sexual assault crisis hotline;
- crisis intervention;
- public education;
- advocacy; and
- accompaniment to hospitals, law enforcement offices, prosecutors' offices, and courts.
Do you wonder if volunteering to provide services to victims of family violence or sexual assault is something you can do? Here is what an on-call volunteer has to say about her experience:
"Volunteers are never put in a position they are not prepared to handle. As volunteers become oriented, they may discover specific areas that they feel more inclined to serve. The areas I enjoy most are: Transporting individuals to and from shelter, relieving the shelter workers on occasion, and providing childcare at the Center for those attending the adult classes." Reneah Wilson, Volunteer
call 806-435-5008 or email Volunteer@pccperryton.org
Criminal background checks are required and are conducted at no cost to volunteers
*This website is funded in part through a grant from the Criminal Justice Division of the Texas Office of the Governor and the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the Office of the Governor, The U.S. Department of Justice, nor any of their components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).
*This project was supported by Subgrant No. PC-78632 awarded by the state administering office for the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice's SAS Formula Grant Program. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the state or the U.S. Department of Justice.
*This project was supported by Subgrant No. PC-78632 awarded by the state administering office for the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice's SAS Formula Grant Program. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the state or the U.S. Department of Justice.