FOCUS vinvolved Leicester have produced a number of documents for registering local organisations which offer volunteering opportunities to young people. They use these documents to check whether the organisation has adequate volunteer management and safeguarding procedures in place.
FOCUS vinvolved, Leicester: Guidelines for Quality Checking Potential Voluntary Opportunities and assessing suitability
FOCUS vinvolved, Leicester: Placement Provider Checklist
FOCUS vinvolved, Leicester: Organisation Agreement
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Please note: please bear in mind that these documents have been created for a specific organisation in a specific context, and should therefore be used as a guide rather than adopted wholesale. For further information, please visit our 'top tips on using the Good Practice Bank'.
Features of good practice
- Adopting an organisation agreement helps to ensure that responsibilities are clearly allocated between the volunteer-involving organisation, (also sometimes described as a 'placement provider'), and the brokerage organisation.
- Use checklists like the one featured above to make sure that important health, safety, insurance and screening measures aren't forgotten.
These example documents have been contributed to Volunteering England's website as complementary resources to Volunteering England’s Safeguarding student volunteering in the Further Education sector publication.
