Emergency Response Team Volunteer
Position Title: Emergency Response Team Volunteer
Volunteer Role: Service Delivery Volunteer
Department and/or Program: Disaster Management – Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Location: Southern Alberta – Medicine Hat & Area, including Cypress County and County of Forty Mile
Purpose:
This position provides emergency social services in a reception centre or in an emergency shelter, within Canadian Red Cross guidelines, to people affected by disasters in their Branch area or in neighbouring communities.
Reports to:
ERT Function Supervisor
Reporting Relationships: ERT Function Supervisor, Branch Community Services Coordinator, ERT Volunteers, ERT Team Leader
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides services based on the Standard Operating Procedures and the National Disaster Assistance Guidelines
- Completes necessary paperwork (e.g.: Registration & Inquiry Cards, Goods & Services Vouchers, daily statistics forms, etc…)
- Provides referrals to partner agencies & other community based groups
- Participates in the evaluation of services delivery within a specific function
- Provides comfort to the people affected by the disaster
- Participates in preparedness activities at the branch level
Skills & Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
- Excellent listening skills
- Reliable with the ability to remain calm during a crisis
- Able to work within a team
- Ability to empathise with people affected by disaster
- 18 year of age (minimum)
- Valid Driver’s Licence & ability to respond (vehicle)
- Clean Police Reference check
- Successful completion of mandatory training programs noted below
- Standard First Aid
Time Commitment:
- 2 years
- Ability to respond within a 12 hour delay following the impact of a disaster
- Ability to respond for a period of up to 2 weeks
- Ability to be on-call from time to time
Required Training and Development Opportunities:
- Introduction to Disaster Services – mandatory
- Standard First Aid - mandatory
- Level 1 – mandatory
- Investing in Diversity – optional
- Level 1 – Preparation for response – optional
- Introduction to the Red Cross & Red Crescent movement
Probationary Period:
Not applicable
Applicants:
For more information contact:
Linda Trautman,
Community Development Coordinator,
(403) 526-3048
linda.trautman@redcross.ca
