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Off Site Volunteering: Managing volunteers outside of the workplace

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This resource explores considerations for organisations that involve volunteers outside traditional workplace settings.

What is off-site volunteering?

Off-site volunteering includes roles where volunteers work remotely, in the community or at locations not directly managed by the organisation.

Key risk considerations

  • Duty of care and supervision arrangements
  • Incident reporting and response
  • Performance monitoring and support
  • Risk identification and mitigation

How organisations can apply this guidance

Use this resource to review policies, supervision practices and risk management processes for off-site volunteering roles.

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Volunteering Victoria is the state peak body for volunteering, focusing on advocacy, sector development and the promotion of volunteering.

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