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Running the Risk? Risk Management Tool for Volunteer Involving Organisations
A toolkit on identifying and managing risks in your volunteer involving organisation.
Author: Volunteering Australia
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Making it Happen: Good practice in building local capability to manage spontaneous disaster volunteers
This resource identifies who may be responsible for spontaneous volunteers, including how to set up a response team and risk management considerations. Note: Some information is specific to the Queensland context. This resource is also accompanied by the Making it Happen: Toolkit, which provides useful tools for volunteer management of spontaneous volunteers.
Author: Volunteering Queensland
Managing Older Workers: What can we learn from managers of older volunteers?
A research report that explores how to involve and manage older volunteers.
Author: School of Management, Edith Cowan University
Managing Underperformance
A guide to performance appraisal and managing underperformance in volunteers.
Author: Volunteering Australia
National Volunteering Guide
A comprehensive guide to the legal obligations an organisation has for its volunteers. This six part guide includes: 1. Introduction and overview 2. Volunteer, employee or independent contractor? 3. Recruiting, inducting, managing and ending the volunteer relationship 4. Volunteer safety with annexures 5. Workplace behaviour 6. Other legal issues relevant to volunteers
Author: Not-for-Profit Law, Justice Connect
Off-Site Volunteering: Managing volunteers outside of the workplace
A resource identifying how to support off-site volunteers from a risk management perspective.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Organisational Plan Management of Spontaneous Volunteers – A practical guide for volunteer involving organisations
Assists organisations responsible for the management of Spontaneous Volunteers with establishing an Operational Plan to clearly articulate how Spontaneous Volunteers will be utilised and managed when the need arises.
Author: Volunteering Queensland
Policies and Procedures Handbook: A Guide for Not-for-profit Organisations
Organisation level resource, covering policies and procedures that apply to both employees and volunteers.
Author: Volunteering WA
Protecting Privacy for Volunteers
A brief guide on how to protect the privacy of volunteers. Note: Some legislative information is specific to Victoria.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Reimbursements, Allowances, Honoraria and Tax
A brief guide on reimbursement for volunteers.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Responding to a Pandemic: A Guide for Volunteer Involving Organisations
A comprehensive guide on volunteer involvement during a pandemic, reflecting most areas of the National Standards.
Author: Volunteering Australia, Volunteering Queensland