This course will focus on methods and procedures for involving volunteers in emergency management programs, with the goal of maximizing the effectiveness of volunteer resources by implementing a people-oriented system that addresses defining volunteer roles, designing a plan of action, recruiting volunteers, training individuals who volunteer, and motivation and maintenance of a successful program. The role of spontaneous and/or unaffiliated volunteers in the disaster response process will also be addressed. This class may include students from multiple sections.
- Correlate the skills and knowledge required of volunteers in emergency management programs.
- Determine how volunteers can be used more beneficially to meet an agency's needs.
- Analyze the steps in developing a volunteer program.
- Develop a volunteer policy and job description.
- Outline strategies for recruiting, retaining, assigning, training, supervising, and evaluating volunteers.
- Analyze the role of volunteers and voluntary agencies in providing emergency assistance.
- Describe methods that will ensure cultural humility and equity in managing volunteers in a diverse community.
Mazoezi haya yatazingatia mbinu na taratibu za kuhusisha wajitoleaji katika mipango ya usimamizi wa dharura, na lengo la kuongeza ufanisi wa rasilimali za kujitolea kwa kutekeleza mfumo wa watu unaozingatia kufafanua majukumu ya kujitolea, kubuni mpango wa hatua, kuajiri wajitoleaji, mafunzo ya watu binafsi, na motisha na matengenezo ya mpango wa mafanikio. Jukumu la kujitolea wa hiari na/au wasio na ushirika katika mchakato wa majibu ya maafa pia litatibiwa. Darasa hili linaweza kujumuisha wanafunzi kutoka sehemu nyingi. - Kuunganisha ujuzi na maarifa yanayohitajika ya wajitoleaji katika programu za usimamizi wa dharura. - Kuamua jinsi wajitoleaji wanaweza kutumika zaidi manufaa ili kukidhi mahitaji ya shirika. - Chunguza hatua za kuendeleza programu ya kujitolea. - Kuendeleza sera ya kujitolea na maelezo ya kazi. - Kuelezea mikakati ya kuajiri, kuhifadhi, kugawa, mafunzo, usimamizi, na tathmini ya wajitoleaji. - Uchambuzi wa jukumu la wajitoleaji na mashirika ya kujitolea katika kutoa msaada wa dharura. - Kuelezea mbinu ambazo zitahakikisha unyenyekevu wa kitamaduni na usawa katika kusimamia wajitoleaji katika jamii tofauti.