Disaster Welfare Support Team Whanganui - Manawatu

Role description

Support your community before and during an emergency. Join your local Disaster Welfare and Support Team.

Your tasks

You could be deployed to assist in a flood, fire or other large-scale emergencies, and you’ll help with a range of activities that could include:

• Setting up and providing support in evacuation centres
• Undertaking needs assessments to understand what support people need
• Providing psychosocial support

We have 20 teams around the country that are prepared to help in their communities or in neighbouring regions at short notice. Teams are listed by their regular training location.

Support your community during an emergency. Join your local Disaster Welfare and Support Team (DWST) and help people prepare for disasters and to get through when an emergency or disaster happens.

Volunteer requirements and training

You’ll receive training in comprehensive first aid, psychological first aid, welfare support, and other essential skills for the role. Our teams train regularly and sometimes take part in scenario-based exercises with other response teams.

We need you to be physically fit, a good communicator and able to commit to your team for at least 12 months – some of our volunteers have been with us for more than 20 years.

Meet new people, gain a range of new skills and be there for your community. Apply to be a disaster welfare support volunteer now.

The Whanganui RC13 Disaster Welfare Support Team meets Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm.
We are active volunteers working in our community helping with local events, event first aid, and catering.

For more information about this role and to apply please head over to our website:

Disaster Welfare and Support Team New Zealand Red Cross

We are urgently looking for highly committed, multi-skilled volunteers for our Disaster Welfare and Support team in Whanganui

For more information, please contact wanganui.branch@redcross.org.nz

We would love to have you join our team!