Crisis Emotional Care Team (CECT) volunteers will deliver crisis intervention, crisis counseling, and emotional support to affected community members in the face of disasters or crises. CECT volunteers will receive training to work with survivors throughout all phases of the disaster cycle. Volunteers will partner with local agencies, working collaboratively to identify needs and help build capacity for sustaining supports to facilitate long-term recovery.

To become an emotional care provider for the CECT, copy and paste the following link into your web browser and complete our Volunteer Interest Form at https://cectvolunteers.force.com/s/interest

Responsibilities :

• Be ready and willing to respond to the CECT call for volunteers if and when disasters arise
• Provide targeted and collaborative disaster emotional and mental health support to individuals and groups when deployed, using crisis counseling best practices
• Commitment to supporting and representing Vibrant Emotional Health’s Mission

Qualifications :

• Volunteers must hold at least a bachelor’s degree in mental health or a related field including: social worker, psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, or psychiatrist, among others
• Strong references that speak to skills, teamwork, and leadership

Skills :

• Knowledge of Emotional Care Techniques or Disaster Mental Health activity guidance
• Disaster Response and Psychological First Aid (all volunteers will receive training in these areas)
• Time Management and Organization
• Communication and Cooperation
• Proactive Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
• Cultural Awareness and Humility

Requirements :

• A bachelor's degree in mental health or a related field
• Background Check
• Orientation and Training
• Flexibility to respond to the needs of survivors through local on the ground deployment or using remote technology
• Remote Requirements:
  - A confidential and quiet workspace
  - WIFI: Password protected high-speed internet
  - Operating Systems: Windows 10/macOS 10.15
  - Hardware: USB/Bluetooth/AUX Headphones

About the Crisis Emotional Care Team (CECT):

In 2019, Vibrant Emotional Health and Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) joined forces to create the Crisis Emotional Care Team (CECT). For over 20 years, DPO mobilized psychiatrists to provide volunteer mental health services following large-scale disasters. Merging with Vibrant provided the opportunity to impact more lives. Vibrant expanded the DPO service model, providing mental and emotional health support to organizations and individuals recovering from disaster and crisis, both in the immediate and longer term.

The Crisis Emotional Care Team (CECT) provides just-in-time support and care for those in the acute as well as longer term recovery phases of a natural or human-caused disaster or crisis. Our team fosters individual and community resiliency by training mental health professionals to work collaboratively with those affected- to build capacity, self-efficacy, and the ability to apply standards of excellence and best practices.

For more information, visit us at vibrant.org/cect