Volunteer

Volunteers originally founded HAVEN in 1975. Today they continue to be an important part of the HAVEN team, as we help those in need.

Lend your time and talent to HAVEN. Contact Belle Klienberg Hornung at (248) 334-1284 ext.659 or by email at bkleinberg@haven-oakland.org and pledge your support.

Volunteers participate in a wide range of activities and events. They may join HAVEN individually or in teams by providing support behind the scenes or directly with individuals. We would be happy to hear your ideas about how you can help.

HAVEN's Volunteer Programs

Crisis Line Volunteer - Volunteers work on our 24-hour crisis line lending an ear to survivors and offering resources and information to community members. This position requires a commitment of 4 hours every week.

Male Mentor/Children's Volunteer - Volunteers watch and play with children and mentor children of all ages. This position requires a commitment of 4 hours every week.

Parental Exchange Monitors: Volunteers facilitate supervised exchanges in cases where there is no danger to the child, but conflict between the parents. The parents exchange the child for visitation at a secure location, usually a police station or HAVEN site offices. You must sign up for 1 set of exchanges each month.

Office Volunteer- Volunteers provide assistance and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence, stalking and physical abuse. Volunteers education clients on procedures involved in obtaining a personal protection order.

Prevention Education Volunteer - Volunteers present to groups about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and child abuse. Presentations are scheduled ahead of time and volunteers are able to choose which ones they will attend.

Residential Volunteer - Shelter volunteers help manage day to day issues, including listening to survivors, conducting in-take interviews, answering questions, helping during group therapy sessions and monitoring the playroom. This position requires a commitment of 4 hours every week.

Social Action - Volunteers offer on-call crisis intervention to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault at Oakland County hospitals, police departments and HAVEN’s START center. This position requires a minimum of 48-hours of on-call time per month.

Speakers Bureau: Survivors and their family members can volunteer to speak at different community organizations about domestic violence, sexual assault, and their experiences with these issues. By telling their stories, survivors help remove the stigma often attached to victims and encourage those caught in abusive relationships to recognize there are ways to escape the violence.

Support Service: Volunteers can help with office work, sorting donations, painting the fence, cleaning children’s toys, planting flowers in the spring and bulbs in the fall, creating a newsletter and many other important tasks that keep HAVEN functioning. Volunteers can also help with educating the community about these issues by sitting at booths at community organization fairs or giving presentations at schools or businesses.

Intern Program

HAVEN's Intern Program recruits, trains and supervises students from a number of colleges and universities. Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate degree candidates from a variety of human service professions (Counseling, Social Work, Psychology) receive practical experience in domestic violence, sexual assault and child witness to violence treatment and prevention.

The Intern Program offers students opportunities to gain experience in interpersonal practice, community outreach, and administration. In addition to providing direct service, students are also instrumental in assisting with research, grant writing, public policy and program development.