Red Cross Shelter Volunteer

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Shelter Workers 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. Help during an active disaster and have the ability to deploy across the United States.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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)

• Available to sign up for shifts on consecutive days (shifts may be 4, 8 or 12 hours long)

• Willing to complete 3.5 hours of virtual self-paced training required for position

• Ability to read, write, and follow verbal and written instructions in English

• Willingness to comply with current public health and Red Cross policies

• 18 years of age or older

Volunteer Locations available across Orange County, California, but also DEPLOY across the USA!

Apply here: https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=lead&h=156&p=2133750

Sign-up to volunteer today! Please email questions to Christina Gosling, the Sr. Volunteer Recruiter Specialist, at christina.gosling@redcross.org or (714) 380-7263.