Volunteer in Safety and Disaster Response at the Canadian Red Cross
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Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Skillscommunication skills, computer skills, مهارات التواصل, مهارات حاسوبية, Exceptional interpersonal skills, مهارات التعامل مع الآخرين.
Age
- 18 - 60
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldPsychology and Sociology, Nutrition, Sports and Health
Job locationCanada
Opportunity description
Canadian Red Cross announces its need for volunteersto be part of the mission of the Safety and Wellbeing Team. Safety and Wellbeing Responders help in a disaster, providing emotional support to people at evacuation shelters, connecting with communities by phone or in person following a fire or flood to check how people impacted are coping, or connecting people to services within their community to support their recovery.
Duties & responsibilities
As a volunteer in this role, you will be:
- Promoting and supporting Community Engagement and Mobilization with existing organizations and ensuring that impacted people have access to services that meet their needs.
- Whether you are providing emotional support (via Psychological First Aid) to people affected by emergencies, helping connect individuals to supports and services in their communities, or providing information sessions to other team members on psychosocial support and wellbeing topics, you will be making a real difference.
- You will develop skills that will allow you to provide psychosocial support and contribute to creating safe and supportive environments for people impacted by disasters in your own community and beyond.
- Engage in relief activities and field deployments supporting people and communities.
- Be part of our larger Mental Health and Psychosocial Support program, providing psychological first aid and connecting individuals to local resources and support.
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Eligibility criteria
You must have:
- Strong interpersonal listening and communication skills.
- Can communicate in a respectful, sensitive, and supportive way.
- Proficiency in computer literacy.
- Available to support disaster response activities within your community for up to 3 consecutive days.
- Available to support Disaster Response activities outside of your community for a minimum of 5-14 consecutive days.
- Able and willing to respond in the upcoming response season, typically but not exclusively from April to October.
- Completed your training and attend meetings regularly, so you are up-to-date and ready to respond.
- Attend team meetings and training updates as required.
- You are preferred to have:
- Current or previous Canadian Red Cross Instructional training including but not limited to Youth Leader, Respect Education Facilitators, Water Safety Instructor, First Aid Instructor, etc.
- A background in psychology, nursing, teaching, social work, youth engagement, public health, emergency services, or related fields.
- Fluency in other languages such as French and Indigenous languages.
Please note:
- Location: in-person and virtual.
- Training: online training - 2 to 5 days.
About the Canadian Red Cross:
The Canadian Red Cross mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world. The Canadian Red Cross Society is part of the largest humanitarian network in the world, the International Red Cross, and Red Crescent Movement. This network includes the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation) and 190 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies dedicated to improving the situation of the most vulnerable throughout the world.
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