Volunteer Training Course 1: Active Listening Skills | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12023-10-29T20:02:03+09:00PeatixパルヨンVolunteer Training Course 1: Active Listening Skillstag:peatix.com,2023:event-37414852023-10-28T18:00:00JST2023-10-28T18:00:00JSTWhen you live abroad, you experience many stressful situations. You can’t communicate well because you don’t know the language. You don’t know where or how to get information. Education system and medical services are different from what you are used to. Relations with your coworkers and friends etc. can be difficult because of the cultural differences. You can also experience racism and discrimination based on your ethnicity and gender. The aim of this course is train volunteers to provide support to foreign women who face these kinds of problems when living in Japan. This course is a part of a three-part training course. CONTENTS OF THIS COURSE Active listening skillsListening skills are the most important tool in the tool kit of a support volunteer. On this course you learn about various active listening skills through a lecture and role play exercises.Lecturer: Ms. Haley Waggener, TELL Japan Kansai Outreach Coordinator on a video Ms. Waggener began volunteering with TELL in 2018 and has been responsible for outreach coordination in Kansai since March 2021. Prior to her arrival in Japan, she worked with nonprofits fighting sexual and domestic violence, working directly with survivors, as well as leading presentations on interpersonal violence and healthy relationships to students. The video lecture is followed by a Q&A in real time by Ms. Nina Hakkarainen, the Representative Director of Foreign Women's Association Paruyon.ABOUT VOLUNTEERINGSupport volunteers have at least one 3-hour shift per month. They support foreign women online by talking on the phone, chatting on a chat or answering questions which have been sent by email. Support volunteers work in teams of two. Occasionally volunteers accompany foreign women to a ward office, a social council office etc. Volunteers can choose whether they only provide online support or if they also support foreign women in person. Travel expenses will be reimbursed when supporting foreign women in person.There is no obligation for the participants of this course to become volunteers. If you want to volunteer after completing the course, you will receive free extra training for 3 months once a month on how to evaluate reliability of information we provide to foreign women, on protocols in case of emergencies, and how to use our client information system, database, and our chat translation application. After that you will take part in support activities under guidance once a month for six months. After finishing all this training, you can start to volunteer.If you can’t join the course every time, you can watch a recording afterwards, but in this case, you also need to sign up for the whole course in advance. We recommend that you will participate in the Active Listening Skills course online because it includes some exercises with a partner.SCHEDULE OF THE REST OF THE TRAINING COURSE Part 1: Active Listening Skills (the same contents as the course on October 28 (Sat) 6 - 8pm) Lecturer: Ms. Haley Waggener, TELL Japan Kansai Outreach Coordinator on a videoFollowed by Q&A in real time by Ms. Nina Hakkarainen, the Representative Director of Foreign Women's Association ParuyonOctober 29 (Sun) 10am -12pm(noon) OR October 29 (Sun) 4 - 6pm OR October 30 (Mon) 8 -10 pm via ZoomFee: 1000yenPart 2: How to Support Victims of Domestic ViolenceLecturer: Ms. Sunhwa Jang, staff at Kyoto YWCA/APT on a videoFollowed by Q&A in real time by Ms. Nina Hakkarainen, the Representative Director of Foreign Women's Association Paruyon October 26 (Thurs) 8 - 10pm OR October 29 (Sun) 1 - 3pm via ZoomFee: 1000yen Part 3: Divorce and Inheritance Law in JapanLecturer: Ms. Satoko Tomita, Director of the International Affairs Office of Japan Legal Support Center (Hoterasu) on a video Followed by Q&A in real time by Ms. Nina Hakkarainen, the Representative Director of Foreign Women's Association Paruyon October 27 (Fri) 8-10pm OR October 29 (Sun) 7-9 pm via ZoomFee: 1000yenPlease sign up for all the course on Peatix event site https://peatix.com/user/7214607/view If you want to learn more about the organizer the Foreign Women’s Association Paruyon, please visit our homepage https://paruyon.comThis volunteer training course has been made possible through a grant from the charity Akai Hane (Red Feather) Central Community Chest of Japan.