Eastern Volunteers provides information and content to assist in volunteer management, the following resources are currently provided:
Resources
Disability Volunteering Manual
- This manual is designed to assist volunteers with a disability as well as staff and mentors at not-for-profit groups.
It was developed by Eastern Volunteers, The Avenue Neighbourhood House and each Social and Community Services as part of a Victorian State Government funded grant in 2011.
The manual is based on the NSW Volunteer mentor model 'Side By Side' and contains:
- Training for volunteers with a disability
- A manual for not-for-profit groups on how to be inclusive of volunteers with disabilities
- A manual for someone acting as a mentor to a volunteer with a disability
- A general disability awareness manual
Victorian Volunteer Portal Best Practice Toolkit
- The Victorian Volunteer Portal ("I Can Do That") is a website which allows community groups to recruit volunteers. It also contains a Best Practice Tookit which contains documents and other resources to enable Volunteer Managers to best manage their volunteer programs. Best Practice Toolkit
Designing Volunteer Roles and Position Descriptions
- This toolkit from Volunteering Australia is a useful guide to preparing volunteer roles and position descriptions. Toolkit: Designing Volunteer Roles and Position Descriptions