Volunteer Management in Special Settings

The materials here apply the generic principles of volunteer management to special settings.  See bolded key words to identify each type of setting.

Books on this topic

See also Faith-based Service

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• CSV Reports on: Lending Time, 2003 report on CSV's project to involve volunteers in public Libraries and how they support and enhance libraries
• Introducing the Colorado Libraries Volunteer Managers Council, from the Colorado Libraries
• Is There Hope for Auxiliaries? by Susan J. Ellis in The NonProfit Times (healthcare)
• Myths and Facts about Partnerships Between Adults and Youth from Working Shoulder to Shoulder
• Running a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program, from Running a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program
• Recruitment Tips for a Mentoring Program by Sheryl Nefstead and Scott Nefstead
• Starting Out in Volunteer Water Monitoring from the US Environmental Protection Agency
• Twenty-First Century Networks, from Branch Networks in the 21st Century: A Handbook
• Two Volunteer Program Structures in Museums, from the book Volunteer Program Administration
• Volunteers and the Historic Environment from Heritage Link, UK (2003)
• What Is Participatory Journalism?, article by J.D. Lasica, Senior Editor, Online Journalism Review, outlining the impact and scope of voluntary personal publishing

Free electronic books for special settings:

• Changing the Face of Social Services
  – volunteers adding value in service delivery, 60-page PDF from the National Centre for Volunteering in England (2003)

• Conservation of an overlooked resource – Volunteers for Volunteer Managers in Conservation

• Promising Practices for Volunteer Administration in Hospitals, from the Canada Volunteerism Initiative and York University

• Succeeding with Volunteer Transportation by Dennis Studebaker (this is the complete text of an 88-page book, now out of print, published in 1990 by Heritage Arts)

• Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers: A Guide for Faith- and Community-Based Service Providers, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2005, 56 pages)

Focuses on prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance abuse and mental illness; however, the principles described apply to any field and may help organizations understand how to start and manage a successful volunteer program.

• Working with Volunteers and Managing Volunteer
  Programs in Health Care Settings, from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (2003)

Web sites on this topic:

Best Friends Animal Society

http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/weeklyforum/

forumarchives.cfm#volunteers

Archive with articles and shared advice from site users on many topics for animal shelters and protection agencies, including a section on volunteers.

Community Literacy of Ontario Volunteer Management
Resource Center
http://www.nald.ca/volman/index.htm

Articles and resources on managing volunteers in literacy programs.

Generic Mentoring Program Policy and Procedure Manual

http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/nmc_pubs.php

Free, comprehensive manual from the National Mentoring Center to help any mentoring program streamline operations, address risk management issues, and ensure quality and consistency of services. See their other online learning resources at http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/index.php

Help Your Hospice
http://www.hospicevolunteering.info/index.asp
UK site with descriptive information about hospice volunteering, from the volunteer's perspective.

Hospice Volunteer Training
http://www.growthhouse.org/voltrain.html
Links to resources specifically on hospice volunteering.

Managing Event Volunteers

http://www.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/
0016/150037/Managing_Event_Volunteers.pdf

Australia Sport Commission's guide to working effectively with volunteers for large special events.

MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org
Solid information on all aspects of starting and running a mentoring program.

Museum Marketing Tips
http://museummarketingtips.com
Comprehensive collection of tips, tools and resources to increase visitation, attract more members, donors and volunteers, and build community awareness of museums, historic sites, zoos, aquaria, botanical gardens and heritage attractions.

PTO Today Archives

http://www.ptotoday.com/articles.html

Wide range of articles for leaders of parent/teacher groups.

Sanchez Elementary School Online Mentoring Program

http://www.coyotecommunications.com/sanchezov/index.html

This resource was developed by Jayne Cravens for Sanchez Elementary School in Austin, Texas through the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. This online mentoring program is no longer operational but these Web materials have been preserved to help other schools develop their own online mentoring programs.

School Volunteer Management Handbook

http://www.coyotecommunications.com/acee/index.html

This handbook is a resource guide for VISTAs in charge of managing school-based volunteers. Although much of this handbook is site specific (relating only to Sanchez Elementary School in Austin, TX), all of the information should be helpful to anyone managing a school-based volunteering program or working with volunteers in general.

Self-Help Sourcebook Online

http://mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/

All sorts of information for running a self-help group, including links to existing groups and tips for effective online support.

Sustrans Volunteer Rangers

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1150127227195

Volunteer Rangers act as the “eyes and ears” for UK local authorities, ensuring that National Cycle Network routes are kept safe and attractive for cyclists, walkers and wheelchair users.

Virtual Volunteering Project Archive

http://energizeinc.com/art/subj/VVArchiveCon.html

The Service Leader Web site was revised in 2003 and older information--particularly about online mentoring-- was removed.  Energize has received permission to archive these pages here.

Volunteer.Gov/Gov

http://www.volunteer.gov/gov/

Portal Web site to give people to access to public sector volunteer positions, especially in US Federal government agencies, with information all those agencies and about government volunteering.

Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)

http://www.policevolunteers.org/

National site of the US Dept. of Justice connecting local volunteer programs assisting the police.

Wisconsin 4-H Volunteer Development and Management

http://4h.uwex.edu/resources/mgt/volunteer.cfm

Resources for 4-H volunteer leaders, ideas for recruitment, training, utilizing, and recognizing volunteers.

Youth Justice Board - Mentor Support and Supervision

https://www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/PractitionersPortal/PreventionAndInterventions/Mentoring/

Practical tips from this British program, applicable to all sorts of volunteer work.

Complete books online by Judge Keith J. Leenhouts, JD
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/mjc/Volunteer.html
How to start and run a volunteer program in a court setting.

 

For information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian region please visit our friends at OzVPM :

See various setting topics at http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resourcebank.htm

 

                                                                                                     

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