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Best practice guidelines for screening volunteers : finding the right match

Publication Year

2008

Author(s)

  • Volunteer Canada

Topic

Keywords

  • Volunteer management
  • Volunteers
  • Screening
  • Risk management
  • Best practices

Website URL

Best practice guidelines for screening volunteers

Description

Table of contents:

  • What is screening? 
  • The screening Process
  • step 1 – Risk management
  • step 2 – Using your organization’s chart and position descriptions to identify and manage risk 
  • step 3 – Recruitment process
  • step 4 – Application form 
  • step 5 – Interviews
  • step 6 – Reference checks 
  • step 7 – Police records checks (PRC)
  • step 8 – Orientation and training 
  • step 9 – Supervision and evaluation 
  • step 10 – Participant follow-up

Publisher

Public Safety Canada

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