Organisations rights To look for certain qualities and skills in volunteers To select only volunteers who are suitable for the work To draw up a volunteer agreement or ‘contract’ To ask for tasks to be done in a particular way To ask for commitment To ask for reliability To ask for punctuality To deal with […]
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Be Prepared! Just like another well-known volunteer organisation with that slogan, your organisation needs to be prepared. It needs to know why it wants to involve volunteers in its work, how volunteer positions fit and be ready to receive willing volunteers when contacted. The benefits of being organised and ready for volunteers are plentiful: It
Guidelines for organisations Volunteers should be recruited to enhance a service not to replace paid staff. Before recruiting, be clear why a volunteer is wanted or needed Organisations should provide clear written task outlines for their volunteers which are skills based – meaningful tasks with opportunities for personal development Provide the volunteer with an induction
Reason no. 10 The reality of their experience was not what they expected when they signed on. Reason no. 9 Employees treated them as an interruption, not as welcome (and anticipated) help. Reason no. 8 Veteran long-term volunteers wouldn’t let them into their “insider” group. Reason no. 7 They did not see the connection between
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