Youthline Palmerston North

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Find out how you can volunteer in Palmerston North!

Thanks for your interest in volunteer work for Youthline Palmerston North. We offer volunteer work in 3 aspects. Firstly we have our phone helpline, secondly volunteer work in our afterschool programme and lastly voulunteer work with our events and promotion team.

Phone Helpline:

To become a volunteer on the phone helpline you first need to complete basic counseling training in Basic Counseling skills including training on youth issues. Completing training will enable you to become a phone counselor for our Youth Helpline. We require you to attend all of the training, to ensure you are well equipped to manage the calls you receive from the Helpline.

Your commitment to Youthline requires you to stay with Youthline for at least 1 year, to cover 2 telephone duties a month and to attend compulsory monthly supervision/trainings.

We aim to provide a professional and a high standard of training for our telephone counsellors; therefore we contract a professional Counsellor to facilitate the training program. The bulk of the training cost is covered by grants, however there is a short fall, therefore we ask for a $80.00 registration for the Basic Training however if you are unable to meet this financial commitment, please let me know and some other arrangement can be made.

I know if you decide to become a volunteer you will gain a great deal of satisfaction and develop new skills that often forms a solid base for future careers in counselling and related fields which is widely known and respected in the community. The training also looks great on your CV to employers.

For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or on 06 3573067

Training 2012

First Training

20th February Info Night
9th, 10th, 11th March Camp!!
17th- 18th March 9:30am-4pm Team Building and Self awareness
19th March 6.30pm-9:30pm Counselling Skills
25th March 9:30am-4pm Counselling Skills
26th March 6:30- 9:30pm Sexual Abuse (with ARCS)
28th March 6:30-9:30pm Sexual Grad (with Leigh Coombes)
2nd April 6:30-9:30pmChild Abuse (with Kylie McMannis)
23rd April 6:30-8:30pm Practice Skills (Triad work)
28th April 9:30-4pm Grief
30th April 6:30-9pm AOD (with YOSS)
5th May 9:30am-4pm Suicide and Self-harm and referral posters
6th May 9:30am-4pm LTC, Self-care and assessments
TBC May Treaty of Waitangi Training

Second Training

18th July Info Night
27th, 28th, 29th July Camp!!
11th-12th August 9:30am-4pm Team Building and Self awareness
13th August 6.30pm-9:30pm Counselling Skills
15th August 6:30- 9:30pm Sexual Abuse (with ARCS)
19th August 9:30am-4pm Counselling Skills
20th August 6:30-9:30pm Sexual Grad (with Leigh Coombes)
27th August 6:30-9:30pmChild Abuse (with Kylie McMannis)
1st September 9:30-4pm Grief
10th September 6:30-8:30pm Practice Skills (Triad work)
17th September 6:30-9pm AOD (with YOSS)
22nd September 9:30am-4pm Suicide and Self-harm and referral posters
23rd September 9:30am-4pm LTC, Self-care and assessments.
TBC May Treaty of Waitangi Training

Dragon Trainer's Holiday Programme

Youthline Palmerston North would like to invite you to attend the Kelvin Grove Dragon Trainers Holiday programme. This programme runs from the 6th – 9th of April (9am -5pm).
Click here to find out more!

Afterschool Programme:

Youthline Palmerston North offer volunteer work with our afterschool programme in the Kelvin Grove area. The programme runs between 3-5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. With cooking, sports, arts and crafts programmes. This is a rewarding experience for all volunteers.

For further information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 0274051291

Events and Promotion:

What better place to volunteer then with the events and promotion team. Sometimes it’s difficult to find the time to dedicate to volunteer work. With the events and promotion team you can give back to the community and get behind a great cause with the time you do have.

For further information please contact Mihia at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 06 3573067