voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
Volunteer Management Course 5, Managing Risk in Your Volunteer Programme
Created: 14/07/2021, Updated: 09/09/2021We asked people who attended these sessions earlier in the year, what they liked most about our training - here are some of their comments:
Course Content
You have a moral responsibility to ensure that volunteers are protected from physical, financial and emotional harm arising from volunteering. This course will support your organisation by ensuring you have the tools and the knowledge to ensure you manage risk effectively.
Included in the course:
• Duty of care and the law;
• Your rights and responsibilities;
• What is risk?
• Risk identification and management;
• Risk register;
• Risk assessments;
• Health and safety policy;
• Insurance.
Who should attend
Anyone who has, or is expecting to have, responsibility for recruiting/managing volunteers in their organisation. Your organisation should be providing a service in Fife.
In order to offer places to as many organisations as possible, we are only able to offer two places on each date to members of the same organisation. If your organisation would like to send more than 2 people, please get in touch with us to discuss options.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations can be received up to 5 working days ahead of the event. A cancellation will only be valid if we have confirmed it with you. You can send somebody else in place of a booked delegate.
Additional Information
Notes from the session will be sent to all participants who complete a post-training evaluation.
Progress/Further Study:
Course 1 of the FVA Volunteer Management Training Programme 'Volunteer Involvement, Getting Started'; Course 2 of the same Programme, 'Effective Volunteer Recruitment'; Course 3, 'Supporting Your Volunteers'; Course 4 'Fair and Equal Volunteering', Course 6 'Avoiding Legal Issues in Volunteer Management;.