Massachusetts Environmental Health Association-Training and Resources

Managing Volunteers (training)

TRAINING: Developing and Managing Volunteers

This online course is offered by FEMA, and is for emergency managers and related professionals working with all types of volunteers and coordinating with voluntary agencies. The course provides procedures and tools for building and working with voluntary organizations. Topics include:

Benefits and challenges of using volunteers
Building a volunteer program
Writing job descriptions
Developing volunteers through recruitment, placement, training, supervision and evaluation
Coordinating with voluntary agencies and community-based organizations
Special issues including spontaneous volunteers, liability, and stress.

Click here to visit training site (external link to ... http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is244a.asp).