1. Volunteers as Staff Jo Masters

2. Programme Introduction Why volunteer? Why volunteers? The benefits of working with volunteers The role of the volunteer Placement and support Planning

3. Volunteering Background Route to volunteering Volunteer recruitment Volunteer role Placement experience

4. Why volunteer? Why volunteers? Benefits for volunteers Benefits for clients Benefits to the organisation

5. Opportunities Describe a volunteer role that you need to fill. Complete the role description template.

6. Placement Plan Consider what needs to be put into place to make this an effective placement. How will you recruit volunteers? Where will you go to look for them?

7. Action planning What commitment can you make in your current workload to recruit, train and include volunteers in your staff team? Using the action plan provided to record what you will achieve by 31st Jan 2013.

8. Further information Jo Masters – jmasters@jcare.orgjmasters@jcare.org tel: 020 8922 2409