American Red Cross Shelter Volunteers Needed

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Sheltering volunteers complete tasks necessary for shelter operations and interact with clients to ensure their needs are met. Sheltering Service Associates support the day-to-day activities within a shelter, which can include working in reception, registration, feeding, dormitory, information or other areas within a shelter.

Responsibilities vary depending on assignment.

• May include providing support to one or more of the following areas within the shelter:
• reception
• registration
• dormitory
• feeding
• information
• supply
• Provide excellent customer service to clients
• Complete the required virtual self-paced training (3.5 hours of training total)
• Willing and able to volunteer in person in a disaster shelter before, during and/or after a disaster event.
• Ability to work in a continuously changing environment in which work priorities may change frequently.
• Comfortable interacting with people from various diverse background whose lives have been disrupted and many are presenting immediate needs.
• Comfortable working in a team environment as a frontline worker under the direction of a supervisor
• Valid Driver’s License (required for Divisional and National Deployments)

· Regional responses: Shift work determined by the scale of the relief operation; a minimum requirement of 8-12 hours per day during the disaster relief operation for multiple, consecutive days.

Beyond Regional responses: 12-14-hour days for extended periods depending on distance. Time and length of commitment will vary by operation.

To find out more and get started as a Red Cross volunteer, please visit: https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=lead&a=121215&h=193&p=592563