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Seeking Volunteers to Support Those Affected By Local Disasters - Conway Team

American Red Cross of Northern New England · Center Conway, NH · 5 mo ago
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Description

Your local American Red Cross office is seeking volunteers in your area to help provide 24-hour emergency response to local disasters, particularly house fires, ensuring that those affected have access to resources for basic necessities such as food, shelter and clothing. Are you a caring individual who wants to be on the front lines of emergency support? This could be a great way for you to give back to your community in a meaningful way.

Responsibilities

  • Take requires trainings to be equipped to support families/individuals who have been displaced by local emergencies including serve stores, home fires, and more
  • Sign up for on-call shifts to be available to respond if needed
  • Show the utmost compassion and respect for all clients and maintain client confidentiality
  • Help connect clients with Red Cross and other responses to make sure their most basic needs are met following the emergency (shelter, food, clothing, medication, etc.) and help make referrals when Red Cross Mental Health, Spiritual Care, and Health Services may be needed
  • Consider training to assist with larger scale national disasters in a variety of basic and advanced leadership roles

Requirements

  • Be a caring individual
  • Be passionate about our Red Cross mission
  • Have at least basic computer skills
  • Have effective communication skills
  • Be flexible

Qualifications

The American Red Cross aspires to be an organization fully committed to diversity and inclusion by creating and maintaining a diverse, high-performing workforce of employees and volunteers who reflect all communities we serve. Our need for volunteers is constant and our guidelines reflect the latest CDC safety recommendations and follow the national and local government laws. COVID-19 vaccination is strongly encouraged and is required for in-person volunteer roles.

Benefits

This role can provide you with disaster response experience with a highly respected organization.

Pay

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Skills

Basic computer skills, effective communication skills, flexibility

Benefits

Disaster response experience with a highly respected organization

Pay

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Application Instructions

Please sign up at redcross.org/volunteer.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The American Red Cross is an equal opportunity employer.

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