Volunteering as a trauma first aider

Many people suffer from trauma due to their flight and migration background. A large part of them do not receive professional therapeutic help. Trauma first aid offers a low-threshold and multipliable tool for primary intervention after severe traumatization. It does not represent a therapy, but an effective and easily understandable first measure. The concept is based on education about the effects of traumatization together with simple physical exercises. The goal is to reduce individual discomfort and improve psychological resilience. Trauma first aid also sees itself as a contribution to combating violence and the causes of flight.

Your Tasks

Trauma helpers assist traumatized people, if possible in their native language. After qualifying as a (native-speaking) trauma helper, consisting of two full days of training, they can take on assignments. After the first round of training,  trauma helpers can be requested through ArrivalAid. As their experience grows, trauma helpers are given the opportunity to qualify as multipliers so that they themselves can teach the concept to new trauma helpers.

What's needed

You need advanced German language skills for this volunteering opportunity.

You should take part in a two-day initial qualification (on site in Munich/online) and have the opportunity to attend free further training at the ArrivalAid Academy. For your commitment as a trauma helper, you should have the time and motivation to support a mentee through approximately two to three meetings.

The project is funded by the European Union.

Time required

This project is location independent.

ArrivalAid is a not-for-profit organisation for the support of refugees. In several independent projects - the ArrivalAid Hearing and Complaint Support, ArrivalAid Integration Support, ArrivalAid Jobs&Careers, ArrivalNews, ArrivalAid Job Mentoring, ArrivalAid Academy - our qualified volunteers help new citizens with their various integration steps.