Teen Life Counts needs volunteers for the 2010-2011 school year.

Volunteer Job Description: Teach a 3 day lesson plan on suicide prevention to students in area high schools

Responsibilities:
• Attend a 2 day training program to learn lesson plan content and methods
• Teach the lesson plans in at least two area high school classes each semester
• Attend volunteer meetings
• Maintain records as specified in the lesson plans
• Must be available to help in the training with new volunteers by sharing teaching experiences with them
• Adhere to all agency policies and procedures

Qualifications:
• 21 years of age or older
• Experience in working with adolescents
• Successful completion of the training program

Training and Supervision:
Volunteers will be supervised and trained by professional staff of Jewish Family Service of New Orleans.

For more information or to register for the training, please contact TLC Coordinator Ellie Wainer by phone at (504) 831-8475 or by email at ellie@jfsneworleans.org.

Teen Life Counts, a school-based suicide awareness and intervention program, was established by Jewish Family Service in 1984.  It is designed for use in upper schools and can be adapted for middle school use.  The impetus for the program came from the belief that youth suicide can be prevented through educational programs aimed at developing awareness of risk factors and resources for help.