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Corporate Application form - NDV 26 July 2010, 15.26
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Corporate Volunteering Application Form Are you interested in making a Difference in Your Community for the National Day of Volunteering but you don't know where to start? Let us know who you are, when you are availa
National Day of Volunteering 26 July 2010, 14.05
National Day of Volunteering
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South Dublin Volunteer Recruitment Fair
Active Citizenship Week 2010  28th September 2010 Volunteer Recruitment Fair Dear Colleague The South Dublin County Active Citizenship Week wi
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A Volunteers First Day PDF Print E-mail
The following are a list of useful checks to ensure that your volunteer has a welcoming, informative and rewarding first day at your organisation. Remember that orientation is an important first step to making a volunteer feel welcome in a new environment.

 

  • Give a tour of the workplace including all the areas that are available to the volunteer such as the kitchen facilities, bathroom, offices, etc...
  • Introduce Volunteer to staff members and other volunteers working within the organisation. If your organisation is large with a big staff compliment, it might be useful to use an organisational chart with details of staff and their interrelationships with other staff/organisations
  • Give a brief history of your organisation and its mission plus an overview of the services you provide.
  • Explain funding sources where necessary
  • Go over roles of other volunteers within the service
  • Describe the clients that are served by your organisation.
  • Explain the meaning of confidentiality and stress its importance
  • Show the volunteer their designated place of work
  • Show the volunteer where they store items that are required for their work
  • Give details of the procedures for reimbursement of expenses and other required reports or forms if this is necessary
  • Show procedure for using phone, fax and internet if necessary
  • Demonstrate any other equipment that the volunteer is likely to use eg. computers, photocopier etc..
  • Give emergency phone no.s and obtain contacts for volunteer in case of emergency
  • Clarify who to call or what to do if the volunteer cannot come in on a scheduled day.
  • Review the volunteers role description again.
  • Discuss the background on the specific project that the volunteer is working on if necessary
  • Explain the procedure for requesting supplies and clerical support.
  • Give a glossary of terms and abbreviations commonly used in the agency.
  • Share staff schedules and when and how people can be reached if the volunteer needs contact a staff member
  • Encourage volunteer to give feedback and explain how and when to voice areas of concern or make suggestions effectively

     

    Above all
  • Smile
  • Show enthusiasm
  • Help volunteers to meet and get to know one another
  • Thank volunteers for their commitment to your organisation

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