The Safe at Home Society is looking for survey volunteers to assist with the Whitehorse 2024 Point-in-Time Count.
The count will take place over a 24 hour period between 4pm on October 22, 2024 and October 23, 2024. Volunteers are required to attend a 2-hour training session and commit to a 3-hour shift.
Volunteers will be asked to conduct a brief anonymous survey with people who are experiencing homelessness. Shifts will take place inside shelters and places that provide services as well as around Whitehorse on the streets.
If you are interested in volunteering for the 2024 PiT Count please email [email protected]
Volunteers are responsible for
-Approaching everyone you meet on the street (regardless of their appearance)
-Identifying yourself as a volunteer doing a survey on housing
-Seeking explicit consent from all potential survey participants
-Asking the survey questions as written
-Maintaining the confidentiality of survey participants
-Staying with your assigned partner/team
-Reporting concerns to headquarters, including instances where survey participants appear distressed or in harm’s way
-Arriving at headquarters at the beginning and the end of your shift.
Volunteers are not responsible for
-Finding someone a place to stay or directing him/her to a place to stay
-Going somewhere with survey participants (ex. to show you where/how they are living)
-Sharing personal information with survey participants
-Providing personal opinions about issues raised by survey participants
-Responding to media inquires
Mandatory 2 hour training session.
3 hour volunteer shift between 4pm on October 22nd and 4pm on October 23rd.
Your participation helps provide valuable data that can influence local policies and resource allocation, ultimately improving services for those in need.
