Volunteers

 

1   What is the retention rate for volunteers?

 

According to the Corporation for National & Community Service, the average volunteer retention rate is 65%. In other words, approximately one out of three volunteers will stop providing service to your organization.   

 

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2  Should school volunteers undertake safeguarding training?

 

 

Whose responsibility is it to provide safeguarding training?

 

Governing bodies and proprietors should ensure that all staff* undergo safeguarding and child protection training (including online safety which, amongst other things, includes an understanding of the expectations, applicable roles and responsibilities in relation to filtering and monitoring. 

 

* Vs infront of classes and clubs are counted as staff in this context.

 

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3  Training requirements

All staff and volunteers

Everyone who works or volunteers with children should understand the role they have in keeping children safe. This includes being able to recognise the signs and indicators of abuse and knowing how to follow their organisation’s safeguarding and child protection procedures.

Our introductory child protection training covers these essential skills, giving learners the basic knowledge they need to keep children and young people safe.

 

4  Nominated child protection leads

Members of staff or volunteers who have a safeguarding role or responsibility should have training to help them carry out their role. This should cover:

• recognising and responding to issues
• building a safer organisational culture
• safer recruitment
• developing or implementing safeguarding policies and procedures
• information sharing
• local child protection procedures
• relevant legislation and guidance.
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