Support Your Community's Recovery and Resiliency by Joining Red Cross Disaster Mental Health!

Description:

If you are a Clinically Licensed Behavioral Health Practitioner, we have incredible virtual volunteer experiences available to you. These opportunities are a great way to gain unique direct services experience and CEU’s. Mental health professionals play a central and rewarding role in Red Cross disaster relief operations, offering emotional support and promoting resilience in responders and survivors who are coping with stress and loss. Disaster Mental Health workers respond to the psychosocial and emotional needs of people affected by disaster. This includes members of the affected community as well as other members of the Red Cross workforce experiencing the stress of disaster response. Using professional knowledge and skills, Disaster Mental Health workers provide approved interventions that focus on basic care, support and comfort of individuals experiencing disaster-related stress.

Primary responsibilities:

* Provide crisis intervention to clients impacted by a disaster.

* Participate in relevant meetings and activities as a member of the Disaster Mental Health chapter team.

* Help facilitate long-term recovery for clients impacted by disaster.

* Help clients connect to other resources in the community as needed

* Assist the chapter in developing partnerships with local mental health agencies.

* Support other disaster responders before, during and after disaster response using

Qualifications:

* Requires strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work directly with others

* Desire to work in the community

* Ability to show initiative, communicate and work well with others

* Flexible; easily adapt to surroundings and tasks

* Ability to interact effectively with culturally diverse audiences

* Strong interpersonal, communication and listening skills

* This work requires access to a phone and computer.

Master’s level or higher mental health professional with independent, clinical and unencumbered license in one of the following disciplines: Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, School Counseling/Psychology; Nursing (APN or CS in Mental Health area; RN’s who are board certified in Psy/MH).

Retired mental health professionals who meet the above criteria and maintained a license/certification in good standing upon retirement without any disciplinary action taken by the issuing US state or territory licensing or certification board.

Watch our video to learn more: SAF Resiliency Program