MADD Michigan is looking to build our Peer Support Program. A program dedicated to serving Victims and Survivors by Victims and Survivors. Life is forever changed after an impaired driving crash. Victims/survivors are often left bereaved, injured and financially devastated. With the emotional, financial and legal issues they face on a daily basis, victims/survivors need support to confront the challenges that lie ahead. Volunteer peer supporters are responsible for providing direct victim services to victims/survivors of impaired driving by way of one-on-one interaction. Volunteer peer supporters do not conduct therapy or counseling. Rather, they provide a unique partnership to effectively cope with the stressors associated with bereavement issues and/or injury trauma.
Benefits:
- Opportunities for future Victim Assistance Training via VATIs, workshops, teleconferencing, and online courses
- Provide essential victim services to those in need, whom without MADD may never receive the support they so desperately require
- Help others in a way that inspires hope
- Ability to withdraw from the program at any time, though we ask if you can commit to a year
- All Volunteer Hours can be done from the comfort of your Home
Tasks/Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Victim Services Staff to identify a likely partnership that will benefit both peers mutually.
- Attend Trainings required for Peer Support Volunteers (Most are Online)
- Be considerate of individual rights, privacy, and the limits on the role of the peer supporter.
- Be sensitive to individual, social and cultural characteristics of both peers.
- Maintain communications with a fellow peer on a mutually established basis; weekly or bi-weekly
- Other duties as requested
Time Commitment Required:
- 2-6 hours per month
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Background check
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Sensitivity to the needs of victims/survivors of impaired driving
- Ethical behavior and respect for confidentiality
- Cannot have received an DUI/OWI
- A Peer Supporter should have a connection to Impaired Driving: Either having had a loved one been injured or killed, or themself has been injured.
- Access to the Internet and a Phone
Want more information? Contact Allison LaPlatt at allison.laplatt@madd.org and or 248-528-1745 ext. 2653
