Show Rape Crisis Center Offers Volunteer Training In keeping with the philosophy of rape crisis crisi centers nationwide the Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center trains volunteers and professionals para-professionals to provide quality crisis intervention and advocacy services to victims of sexual assault Persons interested in volunteering volunteer volunteer- ing ng as crisis line workers or- or oras as presenters of the Centers Center's informational informational informational and preventative programs may enroll in the Centers Center's winter training session to be held from Jam January ary 22 through January 26 The core of the Centers Center's mission is to provide crisis intervention and counseling for rape and sexual ass assault victims The Rape Crisis Center also offers several programs dealing with sexual assault i including ding the highly regarded Im Imin t in Charge program for elementary t. t school children With professional supervision volunteers man the line make mak up hospital ai crisis int intervention t teams and rid PI provide post assault crisis int intervention tl counseling 0 u I A r y r 1 II f I C. C LL 1 c Rape is the fastest growing crime in Utah and child sexual abuse is iSan an increasingly significant problem Sexual assault victims know no age sex or socio-economic socio barriers The Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center deals with both reporting and non- non reporting sexual assault victims all aU of whom suffer extreme emotional trauma requiring specialized counseling Volunteers also help victims' victims family members to come to terms with the trauma of rape Volunteers undergo an intensive training session taught by psychologists social workers police department sex crime detectives and an emergency room physician Upon successful completion of the session volunteers become part of an elite core of dedicated workers making a difference in the Community Interested persons may call between en am a.m. and p pm p.m. m. m for c fu further er i information formation 01 r t of It- It r t- t HI d oj f J. J f as a asif if |