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Delaware County
Women Organized Against Rape
and Crime Victim Services
P.O. Box 211
Media, PA 19063
610.566.4342
Delaware County Women Organized Against Rape and Crime Victim Services
is a non-profit agency
developed in 1974 that serves all of Delaware County with services for victims
of crime and rape. DCWAR provides a 24-hour hotline, as well as
accompaniment services to the hospital, police station or court proceedings, and
counseling services. Additionally, DCWAR offers educational programs
tailored to all areas of the community: risk-education programs for schools;
educational programs for community groups; and in-service training for
professionals.
IMPORTANT:
This volunteer opportunity is a major commitment, with an interview period
(requiring an application and a letter of interest), forty hours of training
over six weeks (two nights a week, 7-10 p.m. and one Saturday) in October and
March, and a year long minimum commitment required. Volunteers must be 18 years
of age or older and need to have a car. Criminal and Child Abuse clearances are
also necessary.
This volunteer opportunity may be of particular
interest to psychology students, Human Services majors, nursing students,
criminal justice students, Women’s Studies minors, law school students and
students considering medical school.
Contact: Angie Hanson - Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
After
significant training, volunteers are on call approximately twice a month. Shifts
are either week-day evening hours from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or twelve-hour weekend
shifts from either 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. or 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. During a shift,
volunteers are expected to be available for crisis intervention counseling and
to accompany victims of rape at the hospital. Volunteers are contacted during
their shift by the answering services of DCWAR either by personal pager,
personal cell phone or via home telephone. A volunteer then calls the victim,
providing needed crisis counseling and potentially accompanying him or her at
the hospital. As well, volunteers are utilized to accompany victims at the
police station and during court proceedings.
Additionally, volunteers can assist with DCWAR’s educational services,
like health fairs.
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This page was last updated
May, 2005
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