Training Information
Caring Contact offers many training opportunities. Our application process for Volunteer Listener Training is different from the one for group trainings:
Volunteer Listening Training
• Individuals must first submit an application for review by the Caring Contact team.
• When and if applicants are notified that they have been accepted for Volunteer Listening Training, they can then proceed to register and pay for the upcoming training class.
- Staffing our Crisis Helpline
- 12 weeks of hybrid training (virtual training and in person), followed by one-on-one training in our call room to become an onsite listener
- Training includes Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST); 15 hour certification course held over a full weekend on June 3rd & 4th, 2023 from 8:30am-4:30pm. You must attend both days.
- Spring 2023 sessions: Tuesday evenings - March 14th - June 13th from 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Cost – $299.00
- All applicants must be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccination.
- People interested in Volunteer Listening Training must apply and be accepted into the next class before making payment.
- Click here for the Spring 2023 schedule. Click to learn more or email maryclaire.givelber@caringcontact.org
- Once you become a Volunteer Listener, we require an 8-hour monthly commitment on the lines with flexible schedule options.
Group Trainings
• Hotline Awareness, Suicide Awareness and Intervention, and Learning to Prevent Teenage Suicide are customized trainings.• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a certification course.
• For group training or the certification course, please inquire by completing our contact form, and the Caring Contact team will reach out to you to directly.
Hotline Awareness
- Help demystify the hotline by explaining what it’s like to call.
- Hear stories from the hotline so people are more comfortable calling themselves.
- Explain the various services we provide to broaden understanding of the hotline as a resource when someone is in emotional distress or is worried about someone else who is in emotional distress.
- Empower people to look out for themselves and each other and know they are not alone.
- Either in-person or online
- No Charge for group sessions. (No minimum/maximum participants. Group size may vary.)
Suicide Awareness and Intervention
- 2-hour training customized for your group
- Ideal for middle and high school students or adults
- Either in-person or online
- Covers the basics of how to help someone who is struggling with suicidal thoughts
- Opportunity to learn and practice the words to say when you're concerned
Click here to learn more.
Location – North Central New Jersey
Learning to Prevent Teenage Suicide
- 2-hour training customized for your group
- Ideal for teachers, administrators, counselors, community groups, members of the clergy
- Meets N.J.S.A. 186A:6-112 Statutory Requirement for Suicide Training
Click here to learn more.
Location – North Central New Jersey