Links to useful websites on social care and issues affecting social care in the United Kingdom.

The Poverty Site: The UK site for statistics on poverty and social inclusion
www.poverty.org.uk

Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Inspiring social change
www.jrf.org.uk

The King’s Fund: Ideas that change health care
www.kingsfund.org.uk

ResPublica: Changing the terms of debate
www.respublica.org.uk

Care UK: A leading independent provider of health and social care
www.careuk.com

from London_Investing in Volunteers

Investing in Volunteers

NOS Volunteers Manager

NOS  Volunteers Manager Full Version New

From London on recruitment and retention

WRITTEN BY   Belinda  Pratten
The first document sets standards for managing volunteers, identifies the knowledge and skills that managers need to do their job well and advises on how to put this into practice. It includes sections on:
•    •         developing strategies and policies to support volunteers;
•    •         promoting volunteering;
•    •         recruiting and inducting volunteers; and
•    •         managing and developing volunteers.
It can be downloaded at: http://www.skills-thirdsector.org.uk/national_occupational_standards/management_of_volunteers_standards/

The second document. Investing in Volunteers, is much shorter and gives an overview of good practice. This can be downloaded at: http://iiv.investinginvolunteers.org.uk/

…My colleague Janet Fleming was involved in developing the National Standards and is now working with me on this project…
SEE in different posts the 2 documents