Community Recovery: Volunteer Management During Disasters

Topic: 
Volunteer Management
Format: 
Online Course
Time: 
1 hour
Level: 
Intermediate
University: 
University of Arizona
PERLC: 
Mountain West Preparedness and Emergency Learning Center
Bundles: 
Community Recovery
Volunteer Management

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Description: 

In this module, you will be guided through interactive public health scenarios where you will be asked to make decisions based on the information presented, your experiences, and your personal knowledge. You will be placed in three different management roles in a post-disaster recovery scenario and experience a series of briefings and re-enactments which will assist you in the management of volunteers, both internal and external, who have been deployed to assist in your jurisdiction's recovery efforts.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Manage the intake of volunteers, both official and non‐official, for recovery and relief efforts
  • Deploy volunteers based on their training and skill sets during the recovery stage of a disaster
  • Demonstrate the ability to coordinate community public health, medical and mental/behavioral health system recovery operations
PHEP Capabilities: 
Community Recovery
Volunteer Management