Code of Practice for Volunteers:
To promote excellence in service and maximize the quality of my experience as a volunteer I will:
- Recognise my own motives for being a volunteer and ensure the agency is aware of them.
- Seek work opportunities appropriate to my skills, interests and aspirations.
- Be committed to giving high quality service.
- Actively accept opportunities for job training and personal development.
- Carry out all work that I agree to do responsibly and ethically.
- Speak out about any concerns that might affect my work relationships or quality of service.
- See myself as a valued team member with the right to contribute to decisions which affect my work.
- Value and support other team members.
Code of Practice for Employing Volunteers:
To promote excellence in service and maximize the quality of volunteers’ experience, this organisation will:
- Empower our volunteers to meet their own and agency needs.
- Offer volunteers work opportunities appropriate to their skills, experience and aspirations.
- Provide volunteers with clear duty statements and orientation to their work and the agency.
- Offer training and support for volunteers to achieve personal and work goals.
- Implement procedures to safe-guard volunteer safety and well-being.
- Offer reimbursement or other compensation for out-of-pocket expenses.
- Recognise volunteers as valued team members, with opportunities to participate in agency decisions which affect them.
- Provide mechanisms to acknowledge the value of contributions made by volunteers.
