CARE 7 opens recruitment for volunteers twice per year, once in the Spring and again in the Fall.  Recruitment begins with a CARE 7 sponsored 33 hour Crisis Intervention Training offered to anyone.  Tuition for the training is $45.  The training covers topics and situations that are frequently encountered by CARE 7 staff and volunteers.  Those wishing to become a CARE 7 volunteer complete a written application, an interview, a reference check, and a statewide criminal background check.  If these steps are completed successfully the new volunteer then completes 9 additional hours of classroom training and ride-a-long observation training.  Training includes:

• Crisis Intervention Skills & Critical Incident Stress Management
• Death Notification & Grief Support
• Domestic Violence
• Substance Abuse
• Diversity & Homelessness
• Mental Illness Overview & Self Harm
• Sexual Assault & Special Populations
• Suicide Intervention & Grief after Suicide

For more information on the next Crisis Intervention Training session, please call 480-350-2969 or e-mail care7@tempe.gov