Volunteers as Staff
Jo Masters
Programme
• Introduction• Why volunteer?• Why volunteers?• The benefits of working with volunteers• The role of the volunteer• Placement and support• Planning
Volunteering
• Background• Route to volunteering• Volunteer recruitment• Volunteer role• Placement experience
Why volunteer?Why volunteers?
• Benefits for volunteers• Benefits for clients• Benefits to the organisation
Opportunities
• Describe a volunteer role that you need to fill.
• Complete the role description template.
Placement Plan
• Consider what needs to be put into place to make this an effective placement.
• How will you recruit volunteers?
• Where will you go to look for them?
Action planning
• What commitment can you make in your current workload to recruit, train and include volunteers in your staff team?
• Using the action plan provided to record what you will achieve by 31st Jan 2013.
