Introduction

Care Team Ministry
Replication Education Module

Background on Care Team
   Concept Development
History of Care Team Ministry
Definitions
Description and Parameters
Where Can Care Team Ministry
    Be Established?
How Do Teams Work?
Why Only 1-2 Hours?
Referrals
Calling Volunteers
Risk Management/Background
    Checks
Training
Care Team Established
Support of Volunteers
Ongoing Reporting
Cycle of Care Teams
Lessons Learned
Forming a Care Team Ministry -
    How to Get Started
Orientation for Organizations:
    Step 1, 2, 3
Media Information
Research & Resources
Conclusion and Sending Forth
Care Team Ministry Forms

Care Team Ministry
Volunteer Guidebook

Care Team Established

Now the Care Team has been formed…volunteer applications have been completed…background checks have been made…training is finished. At this point the Care Team Coordinator sends a letter to the volunteer (“the green light letter”) to begin the service. The letter is sent to the Care Team volunteer and to the Care Receiver. This letter refers the volunteer to his/her Care Team Ministry Volunteer Guidebook (which specifies requirements for volunteers, outlines the duties for the volunteer, and describes the process for oversight by the Coordinator). The letter also contains the names of the other Care Team volunteers and the Care Receiver, phone numbers and a Care Team volunteer schedule. This information may be sent to the Caregiver who is involved in the Care Receiver’s ongoing needs.

The Care Team Coordinator may then notify the individual who made the referral (for example a friend or pastor) that a Care Team is in place for that individual. The Coordinator thanks the individual for the referral, since his/her action has helped reach out to a potentially vulnerable senior in the community.