The materials here apply
the generic principles of volunteer management to special settings.
See bolded key words
to identify each type of setting.
Best Practices and Recruiting and Retention Resource Guide
for
Healthcare Volunteers by the American Hospital Association Committee on Volunteers (51-pg. PDF, 2003).
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)
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.helpthehospices.org.uk/getinvolved/volunteering/volunteer-stories/
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.
National Center for State Courts Volunteer Resource Guide
http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/CourTopics/ResourceGuide.asp?topic=Volunt
Guides, manuals and links for court volunteer programs.
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
http://www.yjb.gov.uk/en-gb/practitioners/Prevention/Mentoring/
MentoringManagementGuidance/Training/MentorSupportandSupervision/
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.
