Volunteer with THRIVE

Help your communities to THRIVE! We invite you to join THRIVE Lifeline’s international team of volunteers and begin offering life-saving and life-affirming support. Our volunteers are students and professionals, working remotely from anywhere. When you volunteer with us, you will be provided opportunities for mentorship, skill development, and leadership growth. Whatever your passions or experience level, we have a place for you!

Volunteer with THRIVE! Apply Here. We will reply within 48 hours.

Requirements:

18+ years old
Identify as an underrepresented individual
Crisis Responders: Willingness to complete a minimum of 40 hours of training, generally in 4 weeks (accelerated) or 8 weeks (traditional). Crisis Responders commit to one or two 3-hour on-call shifts per week for 1 year,
- Training is a hybrid of synchronous and asynchronous readings, exercises, live discussions, practices, and shadowing
- Training must be completed in no more than 6 months
Non-Crisis Response: Willingness to complete 4 hours of training and the estimated weekly time commitment given below
Willingness to listen non-judgmentally to those in crisis

Note: No prior experience is necessary. We promise mentoring all along the way, as well as high quality, empathetic training, and team collaboration.

THRIVE’s proprietary Crisis Response for Marginalized Communities^TM curriculum is centered in Whole-Human, empathetic support, cross-identity affirmation, trauma-informed care, and skillful deescalation. Our full certificate of completion requires 50 hours; Crisis Responders are required to complete 40 hours of training prior to becoming taking shifts on THRIVE Lifeline.
Volunteers can work from any location: all that is required is a computer with reliable internet and a private space.
Representation is at the heart of THRIVE. We encourage applications from people who identify as persons of color, persons living with disabilities, Two Spirit, trans-femme and/or femme nonbinary individuals, and/or veterans.

We have the following volunteer positions available. Full job descriptions are available in links beside each position.

Crisis Responder: Crisis Responder on THRIVE Lifeline. This volunteer will actively talk to, listen to, and help texters to the hotline. Full Description
Volunteer Recruiter: This volunteer will lead a recruitment plan and connect interested volunteers with positions that match their strengths. Estimated 6-8 hours per week. Full Description
Line Supervisor: Great for grad students or early career professionals who have crisis intervention experience! This volunteer will support Crisis Responders during their shifts being able to provide backup or deescalation in complex situations.
Expected 6 hours per week. Full Description
Training Assistant: This volunteer will support our Crisis Responders in Training (CRiT) by acting as texters to the hotline and conducting practice text-based interactions at appointed times (within the Assistant’s scheduled availability). The volunteer will be given one scripted scenario, along with its desired CRiT learning outcomes. A practice interaction will be approximately 40-60 min. Estimated time 6-8 hours per month, clustered in certain weeks where training occurs. Full Description
Social Media Coordinator: This volunteer will oversee all social media team members and aid in cross-collaboration between our various platforms as well as organize content development and posting. Estimated 5-8 hours per week. Full Description
Social Media Team Members: This volunteer will assist our Outreach Coordinator and social media team with pointing people to THRIVE Lifeline in a manner that uplifts marginalized identities. Estimated 3-6 hours per week. Full Description
- We are especially seeking science communicators.

Volunteer with THRIVE! Apply Here. We will reply within 48 hours.

Crisis Responder live training sessions take place on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month.

All times are given in the Eastern Time Zone (New York).