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The Use of Volunteers within the Health Services

CPD Listening Time:	48 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

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The use of Volunteers within Health Services

This session will discuss the characteristics of an effective volunteer program.

What are the characteristics of an effective volunteer program and why do you need it?
How does the community view volunteers?
Direct and indirect volunteer roles. Examples of work activities in health settings where volunteers are directly involved with patients/ clients/residents and examples of non-patient-directed activities
Volunteers self-select to apply to work without pay - what are they looking for?
How to sustain and develop their initial motivating energies

Speaker: Anne Franzi-Ford

Manager of the volunteer service at Peter MacCallum Cancer Center. Her considerable knowledge and experience in the field of volunteer management includes an award in 2005 for “Excellence in Cultural Diversity" – Increasing Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector.

Recorded: 4 Feb, 2010
Duration: 47 Mins
Conference: Volunteers - How to Set Up Volunteers Program in Health Services
Session in Conference: Invigorating Services Through The Complementary Use Of Volunteers
State: Victoria, Australia

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