7.1.3 Objectives 1. Welfare management in Marlborough complies with the Welfare Services in an Emergency Director’s Guideline. 2. Future Capability Assessments find no significant gaps in welfare management. 3. Carry out activities across the 4Rs to provide for the needs of people affected by an emergency and to minimise the consequences of the emergency for individuals, families and whānau, and communities. 4. Establish processes to ensure that welfare services seamlessly transition from response to recovery. 7.2 Current Arrangements 7.2.1 Welfare Manager Marlborough CDEM employs a 0.75 FTE Welfare Manager based at the EOC. During reduction and readiness the Group Welfare Manager is to: Co-ordinate the CDEM Group welfare services function during reduction and readiness; and Chair the CDEM Group’s Welfare Co-ordination Group, whose members are the agencies responsible for each of the welfare services sub-functions in the CDEM Group area; and Oversee the establishment and maintenance of arrangements and plans; and Delivery of welfare services at the local level during response and recovery; and Co-ordination across welfare services sub-functions during response and recovery; and Communicate and report on the progress of the readiness activities for the welfare services function to the Co-ordinating Executive Group, Welfare Co-ordination Group members, and the National Welfare Manager. During response and recovery the CDEM Group Welfare Manager is to: Be responsible to the Group Controller in response or the CDEM Group Recovery Manager during recovery for co-ordination of the delivery of services; and Co-ordinate the agencies responsible for welfare services sub-functions during response and recovery to ensure that the delivery of services and information are integrated and aligned to meet community needs; and Co-ordinate with local welfare managers (where these arrangements exist) at local EOCs during response or the local recovery office during recovery; and Co-ordinate and integrate their CDEM Group welfare activities with other ECC functions and activities in support of the Group Controller; and Communicate and report on the provision of welfare services and provide advice to the Group Controller; and Co-ordinate with the National Welfare Manager and other CDEM Group Welfare Managers to ensure consistent and co-ordinated delivery of welfare services and information to affected communities; and Marlborough Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2017-2022 Page 55