Field: Local Disaster Response Volunteer - Disability Integration - East LA County (Virtual)
Field: Local Disaster Response Volunteer - Disability Integration - East LA County (Virtual)
This position supports the Regional Disaster Cycle Services department. Disability Integration Team Member is a region-level position that serves as a functional lead in disability integration, inclusion, and access and functional needs. This position may fill any function-specific work to meet the Readiness goals of the organization throughout the entire disaster cycle of Prepare, Respond, and Recover. Disability Integration Team Members may support the Regional Lead in the following ways: - Organizing Rosters, meetings and tracking trainings - Onboarding and Training procedures - Facility Surveys - Specific Relationship Management - Resource Gathering - Providing specific subject matter consultation and guidance to regional disaster leadership in planning for and responding to disasters that impact individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs.
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Field: Disaster Response Territory 5 - Central East LA County
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Functional Support to Regional DI Program Lead as assigned
- Maintaining clear communication and collaboration with supervisor and peers.
- Providing accurate reporting of disability integration activity as assigned.
Training
- Orientation to the American Red Cross
- Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
- DAT Fundamentals
- Everyone is Welcome
- Psychological First Aid
- NSS Surveyor
- NSS Basics
Development Opportunities
Become proficient in Disability Integration entry tasks. Once proficient, career development to supervisory/management positions and ability to go to disaster beyond the region.
GAP opportunities based on performance and proficiency. Team members must hold a position in DI for a minimum of 6 months and achieve satisfactory performance review from their supervisor before achieving the “Service Associate” GAP.
Opportunity to learn about disability culture, equity and inclusion.
Qualifications
- Willingness to comply with Red Cross COVID-19 policies for in-person volunteer activities.
- Experience with the ADA, FHA or other disability related legal documents, preferred
- Skills or experience working with people with disabilities, preferred
- Commitment to personal and professional development that supports people with disabilities knowledge, awareness, culture and legal obligations, required
- Good organizational skills, responsible, and punctual, required
- Active listening skills, required
- Ability to implement Standards and Procedures and follow associated job tools including reporting requirements, required
- Ability to interact with community members in a clear, compassionate manner as assigned, required
- Ability to involve appropriate others in managing problems and conflict, required
- Commitment to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of clients, required
- Ability to coordinate effectively with governmental and non-governmental partners as it pertains to assigned functions, required
- Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions, required
- Ability to take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm, required
- Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization, required
- Ability to drive at daytime and nighttime, required
- Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods, required
- Ability to lift 20 lbs., required
- Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather, required
- Ability to work in extreme heat and/or humidity or extreme cold, required
- Ability to speak clearly on phone or in person, required
Accommodation requests can be made by discussing with your supervisor