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*Disaster Mass Care Team Member (Adult)

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*Disaster Mass Care Team Member (Adult)

This position supports the Regional Disaster Cycle Services department. The purpose of this position is to perform Mass Care readiness and capacity building activities needed to enable effective service delivery (in a disaster response).

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Locations

Abilene,Amarillo,Bonham ,Sherman Area,Weatherford Area

Key Responsibilities

Mass Care provides activities and services on a congregate basis to the community as a whole including feeding, sheltering, reunification, and distribution of emergency supplies. This position is responsible for the tasks involved in the Mass Care program including:

 

  • Support the annual mass care goals, RDO objectives, and regional/ chapter plan for mass care services through participation in meetings, projects, and local response activities
  • Projects and local response activities will be assigned according to the activities you are training in: feeding, sheltering, distribution of emergency supplies, or reunification.
  • Projects may include tasks such as conducting facility surveys for response activity sites, meeting with partners to build relationships, conducting inventory and updating supply kits.

Time Commitment

The Mass Care Team Member's time commitment varies dependent on the disaster event.

Once your training is complete you will be added to our roster of active volunteers and you may be called upon to volunteer.

Development Opportunities

  • Take the Mass Care Management 2017 course.
  • Take training and gain experience required to serve as:
    • Feeding, Sheltering, Reunification, or DES worker during operations.
    • Mass Care Regional Program Lead or Mass Care Chapter/Territory Coordinator

Qualifications

Willingness to comply with Red Cross COVID-19 policies for in-person volunteer activities.

Ability to:

  • Follow and implement requests received from supervisor with little or no supervision.
  • Adapt to change, negotiate compromise and tolerate ambiguity.
  • Build effective relationships with others who can help with work related goals.
  • Be sensitive in human interactions to diversity inclusiveness.
  • Work toward service associate position in at least one Mass Care activity

Training

  • Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview (Required)
  • Mass Care: An Overview (Required)
  • Fundamental courses for all Mass Care activities strongly recommended

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