CITYWIDE — ALTHOUGH TAKING PLACE AFTER NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, a Disaster Chaplain Certification & Religious Literacy Training is being offered for area clergy. The New York Disaster Interfaith Services organization is offering a three-day training, to be held in person Nov. 17-19 at NYDIS’s midtown Manhattan headquarters. The training prepares faith leaders or institutional chaplains to volunteer as disaster chaplains in mass-care settings, or as disaster chaplains within their house of worship, religious community or professional institution. The modules cover diverse religious and cultural practice, building community resilience, learning what to expect at disaster sites, providing effective spiritual first aid and psychological first aid, making mental health assessments and referrals, and developing and maintaining holistic self-care practices.
Registrants must first be endorsed for this training and/or currently serve as a professional chaplain and/or credentialed religious leader. More information and registration can be found online. The training is free for NYC clergy and $250 for others.
This training conforms to the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NYVOAD) Disaster Spiritual Care Points of Consensus and Disaster Spiritual Care Guideline.
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