Safeguarding Student Volunteering in the Further Education Sector
Volunteering England’s new publication, ‘Safeguarding student volunteering in the Further Education sector’ has been launched to support F.E. Colleges to support more vulnerable adults and students under the age of eighteen to volunteer.
This publication highlights how institutions can take practical steps to safeguard their students to volunteer both on and off campus, with a particular focus on how to develop partnerships with volunteer involving organisations to provide volunteering placements.
Online resources
To support Volunteering England’s Safeguarding student volunteering in the Further Education sector publication, you can find here further sources of information and guidance on safeguarding in the form of sample policies and forms used by different organisations and institutions. We would like to thank them for allowing us to showcase their materials.
University of Brighton: online volunteer registration form
FOCUS vinvolved, Leicester: Guidelines for Quality Checking Potential Voluntary Opportunities and assessing suitability
FOCUS vinvolved, Leicester: Placement Provider Checklist
FOCUS vinvolved, Leicester: Organisation Agreement
CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project: Risk Assessment Guidelines
CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project: External Activity Risk Assessment Form
CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project: Volunteer Induction checklist
CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project: Six Monthly review – Supervisor form
CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project: Six Monthly review – Volunteer form
Liverpool Community College: Volunteering Activities Partnership Agreement
Liverpool Community College: Volunteering Opportunity Form
Liverpool Community College: Volunteering Placement Checklist
Lancaster and Morecambe College (LMC) and the University of Cumbria: Service Level Agreement with Placement Providers
University of Warwick, Warwick Volunteers: Project Registration Form
University of Warwick, Warwick Volunteers: Extracts from Child Protection Policy and Guidelines
Further Resources
Please note that Volunteering England has not produced the example resources and is therefore unable to take responsibility for the content. Volunteering England and the institutions or organisations that supplied materials can accept no responsibility for how they are used. They are presented as examples of good practice, but it is every institution’s responsibility to ensure students are safe, and that policies and procedures meet current legal requirements.
If you are interested in looking at more resources and example documents on working with volunteers, please visit the Good Practice Bank. Volunteering England’s Good Practice Bank offers information and support on working in a broad range of volunteering settings.
We include material on the Good Practice Bank because we feel it broadly reflects good practice, but this does not mean that we endorse every aspect of every document. If you have any questions, please call our information line (freephone/textphone 0800 028 3304, 10.30am -12.30pm and 2-4pm Monday to Friday) or send us an email.
