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Self Study Series 1: Induction

A self-study induction book for volunteers to work through at their own pace with or without support. Ensures your volunteers have adequate induction even if you cannot put on group training sessions

This is a multi-licence product and you have unlimited printing rights for use by the volunteers within the purchasing branch of the organisation.
Author

Kay Curtis

Resources

Self Study Training Pack

Experience Level Needed

Beginner

Access

Multi Download and Online Access

Duration

Own Pace

Price

£
25

What's included?

  • Session Timetable
  • Timed Activities
  • Trainer notes
  • Training material in PPT files 
  • Pre Course questionnaire
  • Training Evaluation form
  • Session extension ideas
  • Activity sheets
  • Case Studies
  • Achievement cards and certificates

Overview

It is universally agreed among volunteer co-ordinators that good induction for volunteers is vital and that volunteers are more likely to leave if their induction was unsatisfactory.

Induction gives the volunteer confidence about their ability to do the job and shows them that the organisation places a value on their involvement.

We know it is not always easy to arrange group training for a new intake of volunteers – time and funding restraints prevail. So in response to our customers’ suggestions we have developed a volunteer self-study workbook that volunteers can complete in their own time and which will require them to gain the information and knowledge they will need to carry out their role effectively. For those volunteers who have literacy or support needs this workbook can be completed with the help of a ‘buddy’.

This is a multi-licence product and you have unlimited printing rights for use by the volunteers within the purchasing branch of the organisation.

Objective

By the end of the session participants will:

- have understood the aims and objectives of the organisation and know how the organisation is funded, run, staffed and managed
- have understood what their role involves, what they can and cannot do
- have explored how their involvement will benefit the organisation and those it supports
- have information about the paperwork and the procedures that will effect them
- have an understanding of why the organisation uses volunteers
- have explored the skills a volunteer with the organisation needs
- have identified any difficulties that could arise and know where to take concerns
- have understood how to ensure their safety
- have shown their understanding of confidentiality within their role

Once complete the volunteer meets with the co-ordinator to go through their responses and deal with any questions or concerns. The volunteer then has their own personal resource that they can add to and refer back to whenever necessary.

All the time and effort you put into recruitment can be wasted if the induction does not reflect the organisations’ commitment to volunteers.



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