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You can become a
Senior Peer Counsellor !!
If you are
interested in having a positive impact on seniors by increasing health
awareness and encouraging responsibility and independence, the next
steps are:
Step 1:
Call
604-796-0409 or drop in to Agassiz-Harrison Community Services to
receive an application form, or click
HERE to print &
download the form.
Step 2: Your personal
interview will allow us to meet and get to know each other
Step 3:
Paperwork: Criminal record check
Step 4: The fun part:
Participate in Senior Peer counselling training
Step 5:
Graduate and
become an active counsellor.
Step 6: Experience
personal growth, community service and the fun of involvement with
others.
That's it!
You will be ready to graduate and become an active counsellor. We
hope that you will be able to provide our community with at least one
year of counselling. We know that you will experience personal
growth, community involvement, and many other intangible rewards for
your time spent training with us.
OUR
VOLUNTEERS ARE:
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People who
are willing to offer emotional support, guidance, and empathy
to at-risk peers
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Over 55
years old.
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People who
enjoy being part of a vital community group.
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People who
are willing to learn more about themselves, and others, through
peer counselling training.
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People who
are curious to know more about current issues facing today's
seniors.
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People who
care about seniors.
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Our Mission Statement:
To assist and encourage seniors to
take control of their own lives. |
Agassiz-Harrison Senior Peer Counselling
has assisted over 30 clients since the program's inception in 2002.
Our volunteers provide emotional support to their peers who are
experiencing difficulties with age-related losses.
Older persons, even
those most skeptical about accepting any type of supportive services,
are often more likely to accept support help from a person, who has
similar life experience and a common language.
Clients report stronger
coping skills, increased self-confidence, and greater involvement in
community leadership roles.
WHO DO WE SERVE?
SENIORS FACING ANXIETY OR FRUSTRATION
BECAUSE OF:
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A New
Living Situation
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Relocation
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Retirement
Changes
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Reduced
Income
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Health or
Aging Concerns
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Bereavement
WHERE DOES COUNSELLING TAKE PLACE?
WHEREVER THE
CLIENT IS MOST COMFORTABLE: at home, at a counselling group
office, or a mutually agreed upon location.
HOW DO I REQUEST SERVICE?
Betty 604-796-0409
WHAT IS SENIOR PEER COUNSELLING?
It Is a FREE One-To-One Service Provided By Trained Senior
Volunteers Who
Offer Emotional Support, Guidance, And Empathy To Their Peers Who May Be
Troubled By Loneliness, Depression, Or Isolation.
WE ARE A MEMBER OF
Senior Peer Counselling of BC, &
Agassiz-Harrison Community
Services
& A NON-PROFIT SOCIETY
Sponsored by
New Horizons for Seniors Program
Fraser Health
Authority
& the
Agassiz-Harrison Lions Club
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