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Volunteer
Management Courses To Order
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What
Every First Time Volunteer Manager Should Know
What
Every First Time Volunteer Manager Should Know (2 days)
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A toolkit of the fundamentals
for those managing volunteers for the first time. If
you are fairly new in post, then this is the course
for you!
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"What's in it for
me?"
- An awareess of how managing
volunteers differs from managing employees
- Guidance on how to recruit,
select, place and support volunteers
- Advice on what paperwork
and systems you need to manage volunteers
- An opportunty to develop
a professional devlopment plan for yourself
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What Every First Time Volunteer Manager
Should Know relates to all key areas of the National
Occupational Standards for Managing Volunteers, at an
introductory level.
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How
To Cope With Difficult Volunteers And Situations (2 days)
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Even with the best management systems in place, some
volunteers can seem determined to make your life difficult!
Discover ideas and develop the skills and strategies
for managing these volunteers. Give and receive practical
advice and support from fellow professionals on the
real-life issues that you are dealing with.
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"What's in it for
me?"
- Discover how self esteem
affects behaviour
- Practice in giving feedback
assertively
- Understand conflict
management styles and identify your own
- Address current problem
situations in a supportive environment
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Relates to
Key Areas A, B, C, D, E & F of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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All
You Need To Know About Mental Health & Volunteering (2
days)
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Does your organisation recognise
volunteering as a way to promote social inclusion for
people with mental health problems?
Do you know how the specific needs
of these volunteers can be met?
This training will provide you
with practical advice and information about mental ill
health issues and volunteering.
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"What's
in it for me?"
- An overview of the effects
of common mental illnesses and examples of good practice
in supporting people with experience of mental ill
health
- Advice and guidance in relation
to risk assessment, disclosure and personal boundaries
- Opportunities for discussion
of personal experiences, fears and concerns
- Develop a plan to promote
mental health awareness within your organisation
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Relates to Key Areas
A, B, C, D,and E of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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What
Every Charity Shop Volunteer Manager Should Know (2 days)
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Charity shops are unique and wonderful places quite
unlike any other volunteering environment.
Develop effective procedures to ensure your shop volunteers
enjoy volunteering and provide a retail environment
your customers will return to.
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"What's in it for me?"
- Discover what
systems you need to manage volunteers in shops
- Learn how to promote teamworking
and good relationships between your volunteers
- Solutions to some of the common
problems in managing shop volunteers
- Effective methods of managing
difficult volunteers
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What
Every Charity Shop Volunteer Manager Should Know relates to
all key areas of the National
Occupational Standards for Managing Volunteers, at an
introductory level.
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Effective
And Fair Volunteer Recruitment & Selection (2 days)
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Does your organisation have an
efficient, rolling programme of recruitment with effective
screening and selection procedures?
Do you have recruitment messages
that effectively 'sell' the benefits of volunteering
with your organistion?
Review, update and refine your
entire recruitment process whilst networking and sharing
'what works' over this two day training.
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"What's in it for me?"
- Develop a clear, enrolling
recruitment message
- Discover how to create effective
advertising copy
- Evaluate your volunteer screening
procedures
- Progress your organisation's
recruitment strategy
- Improve your interviewing
skill
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Relates to Key Areas
A, B, C, D, E & F of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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The
Volunteer Manager's Guide To Project Management (2 days)
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Discover the essential techniques to manage projects
effectively with this practical no - nonsense introduction
to the world of Project Management!
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"What's in it for
me?"
- Project management terminology
demystified
- Practical project planning
tools & approach
- Explore the skills &
qualities required to succesfully manage projects
- Project planning skills
development
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Relates to Key Areas
A, D, E & F of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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Getting
Support & Supervision Right (2 days)
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Well supported volunteers are easier to manage, volunteer
for longer, and are a good source of word-of-mouth recruitment.
Explore the elements of good volunteer support and
review your organisations support systems. Discover
how to run innovative and effective supervision sessions
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* What do we mean by Supervision?
Why bother with it?
Who needs it?
Click
here to download a pdf that answers these, and other
pertinent questions, about effective supervision.
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"What's in it
for me?"
- Evaluate and develop your
organisation's volunteer support systems
- Discover new skills in developing
volunteer roles
- Understand the how and why
of one-to-one supervision
- Practice and develop innovative
supervision skills
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Relates to Key Areas
A, B, C, D and E of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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The
Volunteer Manager's Guide To Team Member Development (2 days)
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Do you manage a group of people - when what you really
need is a team?
Discover what it takes to be a team player and how
to create an effective team in this interactive programme
from the Institute of Leadership & Management!
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"What's in it for me?"
- Understand key differences
between groups and teams
- How to create a successful
team
- Creating effective team communications
- Know the pitfalls and how
to avoid them
- Understanding behaviour styles
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Volunteer
Management: It's All About Motivation (2 days)
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Create a motivated and reliable team around you. Learn
practical coaching techniques to effectively motivate
yourself and others.
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"What's
in it for me?"
- An overview of the main
theories concerning motivation
- Explore the systems
and skills required to motivate volunteers
- Discover how to motivate
yourself
- Learn and develop practical
coaching skills and models
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Relates to Key Areas A,
B, C, D and E of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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The
Emotionally Intelligent Volunteer Manager (2 days)
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Interested in self-development?
The most successful managers have cultivated their
emotional Intelligence; the ability to manage emotions
- discover how you can too!
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"What's
in it for me?"
- Comprehensive understanding
of emotional intelligence
- Evaluate and develop
your emotional intelligence
- Master simple, powerful
techniques to improve your emotional intelligence
- Explore how to make
your organisation more emotionally intelligent
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Relates to Key Areas
A, B, D and E of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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Keeping
Yourself & Your Volunteers On The Right Side Of The Law
(2 days)
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Are you putting yourself, your organisation or your
volunteers at risk because of your ignorance of the
law about volunteering?
Ensure that you all stay on the right side of the law!
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"What's
in it for me?"
- Knowledge of the key
areas of law that effect volunteering
- Advice and guidance
on using CRB checks
- Practical approach to
health and safety for volunteers
- Latest information on
the law regarding social security payments,
taxation, emloyment rights and volunteering
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Relates to Key
Areas A, C, D, E and F of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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How
To Promote Diversity Awareness With Confidence (2 days)
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Your organisation almost certainly has a diversity
policy that you are expected to support.
Get up-to-date with the key issues and discover how
to promote diversity effectively.
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"What's in it
for me?"
- Time to discuss and explore
the issue
- Learn how diversity awareness
differs from promoting equal opportunities
- The opportunity to plan delivery
of your own diversity awareness sessions
- Practical skills to challenge
prejudice assertively and develop a more inclusive
volunteering environment
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Relates to Key Areas A, B, C, D and
E of the National
Occupational Standards in Managing Volunteers.
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