Common Ground Crisis & Resource Hotline
Need Clinical Experience as an Undergraduate Student?
Are you an undergraduate student who would like to obtain clinical experience in Counseling? This is a great opportunity for students majoring in psychology. Common Ground is offering a great way to acquire the upper hand for admission into graduate school and employment before/after graduation.
In collaboration with Oakland Universities National Honors Society Psi Chi, Common Ground is seeking unique individuals who would like to receive more than 60-hours of professional training to prepare them for crisis calls and volunteer one weekly four-hour shift. The training program, offered three times a year, includes in-depth sessions on domestic violence, sexual assault, mental illness, suicide, substance abuse, codependency and youth issues, as well as communication skills.
For more information, prospective volunteers should attend a Volunteer Orientation, held the first Wednesday of every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at our administrative office or contact Cheryl Ross at 248.451.2614. Inform Cheryl Ross that you heard about Common Ground through Psi Chi at Oakland University.
Please click here to download a Volunteer Application.
About Common Ground
Our 24-hour crisis line (1.800.231.1127) receives 26,000 calls annually representing a variety of crisis situations including: suicide, victimization, relationship problems, substance abuse, domestic violence, financial problems, and mental illness. Crisis line volunteers, 18-years or older, counsel callers and provide information and referrals from a database of more than 4,500 sources.
For the Crisis & Resource Hotline volunteers receive more than 60-hours of professional training to prepare them for crisis calls. The training program, offered three times a year, includes in-depth sessions on domestic violence, sexual assault, mental illness, suicide, substance abuse, codependency and youth issues, as well as communication skills.
Once trained, volunteers are asked to work one weekly four-hour shift. For more information, prospective volunteers should attend a Volunteer Orientation, held the first Wednesday of every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at our administrative office or contact Cheryl Ross at 248.451.2614. For more information about our telephone support services http://www.commongroundhelps.org/ please click here.