This Volunteer Agreement describes the arrangements between Anytime childcare and you in relation to your voluntary work with us. This Agreement sets out the expectations of both parties, in order to ensure that your experience as a Volunteer is as positive and rewarding as possible.
Your role as a Volunteer is to support Anytimechildcare in providing a quality play experience for the children in our care.
Club commitments
Anytime childcare accepts the voluntary service of __________________________ (Name of Volunteer) beginnning on date ______________________ for a period of ___________________ / indefinately.
Accordingly, we will:
1. Introduction and training
- Provide thorough induction training on the work of the Club. This will include an introduction to the Staff and club users (children and parents) and training to enable you to meet your responsibilities as a volunteer worker. You will also be given a copy of the Staff Handbook, to give you an overview of the running of the club.
2. Supervision
- Communicate our expectations with regard to the standards of service that we provide for the children in our care and their parents, and support you to achieve and maintain them as part of your voluntary work within the Club.
- Nominate a personal supervisor who will meet with you regurlarly to discuss your volunteering work and deal with any issues that may arise.
3. Health and safety
- Provide adequate training and feedback in support of our Health and safety policy. You will recieve a copy as part of your introduction training.
4. Insurance
- Provide appropiate insurance cover for volunteers whilst undertaking volutary work approved and authorised by us.
5. Equal opportunites
- Ensure that all volunteers are dealt with in accordance with our Equal Opportunites Policy.
6. Problems
- Try to resolve fairly any problems, greivances or difficulties which may arise while you volunteer with us.
Volunteer commitments
I __________________________, agree to be a volunteer with Anytime childcare.
Accordingly, I will
1. Help Anytime childcare fulfil its commitment to provide high quality childcare.
2. Perform my volunteering role to the best of my ability.
3. Follow the policies, rules and procedures of Anytime childcare, in relation to its staff, volunteers and users.
4. Ensure that any confidential information relating to Anytime childcare, its staff and its users remains secure and is never shared with third parties.
5. Meet the agreed time commitments, if expectional circumstances mean that I am unable to work on the date or time agreed, I will provide reasonable notice so that alternative arrangements can be made.
6. Provide referees and consent to a DBS check bring carried out where necessary.
My agreed voluntary time commitment is _________________________________ (insert times and days of week).
Volunteer role: _______________________ (eg: Assistant playworker)
This agreement is binding in honour only, it is not intended to be legally binding contract between us and may be cancelled at any time at the discretion of either party.