Select and support staff and volunteers
Code of Practice statement: Recruit staff and volunteers openly and fairly, and give them the support and supervision they need to do their jobs and carry out their roles effectively.
GOLD STANDARD: There is induction, support and training for staff and volunteers. (NB evidence must include induction and training about safety).
You may wish to include:
- staff/volunteer handbook
- evidence of staff/volunteers development - this could be training certificates for relevant courses
- recruitment and induction procedures
- one or two annual reports, newsletters or school magazine (training undertaken by staff and volunteers)
- teacher observations - mentoring, support and development.
Downloads
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Other resources
NCVO’s Workforce Development team provides advice and support to voluntary and community organisations to enable them to recruit, retain and develop their workforce: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/advice-support/workforce-development
NCVO's People, HR and Employment Forum (free to join):
- Updates on employment and equality legislation
- Information about local and national HR, diversity and training events for voluntary and community organisations
- Opportunities for free/discounted events for NCVO and network members
- Links and signposting to resources including factsheets, guides and templates
- Opportunities to post queries to other members to seek peer support and learning
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/discussions/helping-you-run-your-organisation/people-hr-employment
Volunteer Centres (sometimes known as volunteer bureaux or volunteer development agencies) provide support at a local level for individual volunteers and volunteer involving organisations.
They have six core functions:
- Brokerage
- Marketing volunteering
- Good practice & development
- Develop volunteering opportunities
- Policy response and campaigning
- Strategic development of volunteering.
www.volunteering.org.uk/WhatWeDo/Local+and+Regional/VolunteerCentreFinderGoogle.htm
Volunteering England - an independent voluntary agency committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. Their work links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers. Find out more: www.volunteering.org.uk/WhatWeDo/
Volunteering England Information Sheets:
- Saying ‘Thank You’ to Volunteers
- National Minimum Wage and Volunteers
- Volunteer Travel Expenses
- Reimbursing Care Expenses to Volunteers
Volunteering England Good Practice Bank - Includes a section about 'Expenses and State Benefits': www.volunteering.org.uk/goodpractice
Do it - launched in 2001 with the first, and still the only, national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK: www.do-it.org.uk/
Vinspired - the volunteering site for 16-25 year olds in England. They help young people find their perfect volunteer placement, and make sure they get recognised for the impact they make: www.vinspired.com/