volunteer advice

Rights of Volunteers

Unlike paid staff, volunteer staff are not covered by award conditions or workplace agreements.

Volunteers, however, do have rights, some of which are enshrined in legislation and some of which are the moral obligations of an organization involving volunteers.

The following list is the basis of your rights as a volunteer.

As a volunteer you have the right:

to seek assignments which suit your needs, motivation and skills.
to be provided with sufficient training for you to do your job.
to sound guidance and direction , to take part in planning, and to make suggestions.
to work in a healthy and safe environment
to be adequately covered by insurance
to be given accurate and truthful information about the organization for which you are working

Responsibilities of Volunteers

Hand in hand with rights go responsibilities. The following list is the basic responsibilities for volunteers.

As a volunteer you are responsible for:

to notify the Volunteer Co-coordinator (and the agency in which you are working? ) if you are unable to report to work.
to undertake training for any job in order to perform more effectively.
to uphold the policies of the agency in which you are working.
to keep confidential all personal information learnt whilst on or off the job.
to stipulate your limitations.
to provide feedback, suggestions and recommendations regarding your activities to the appropriate persons, i.e. your supervisor.
to treat all persons with whom you are working with respect. (Respect means unconditional positive regard!)
to yourself not to become over-committed.

Privacy and Confidentiality

All families and individuals involved with an agency have a right to privacy and confidentiality.

Confidentiality means respectful and responsible handling of all information in relation to the clients. And ???

The SGVRC expects Volunteers to ensure:

the dignity and privacy of clients is protected during any personal care activity
clients are not the focus of uninvited public attention
clients are able to choose whether to discuss their feelings, relationships or other aspects of their private lives

volunteer advice

Rights of Volunteers

to seek assignments which suit your needs, motivation and skills.

to be provided with sufficient training for you to do your job.

to sound guidance and direction , to take part in planning, and to make suggestions.

to work in a healthy and safe environment

to be adequately covered by insurance

to be given accurate and truthful information about the organization for which you are working

Responsibilities of Volunteers

Hand in hand with rights go responsibilities. The following list is the basic responsibilities for volunteers.

to notify the Volunteer Co-coordinator (and the agency in which you are working? ) if you are unable to report to work.

to undertake training for any job in order to perform more effectively.

to uphold the policies of the agency in which you are working.

to keep confidential all personal information learnt whilst on or off the job.

to stipulate your limitations.

to provide feedback, suggestions and recommendations regarding your activities to the appropriate persons, i.e. your supervisor.

to treat all persons with whom you are working with respect. (Respect means unconditional positive regard!)

to yourself not to become over-committed.

Privacy and Confidentiality

All families and individuals involved with an agency have a right to privacy and confidentiality.

Confidentiality means respectful and responsible handling of all information in relation to the clients. And ???

the dignity and privacy of clients is protected during any personal care activity

clients are not the focus of uninvited public attention

clients are able to choose whether to discuss their feelings, relationships or other aspects of their private lives