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School leavers and volunteering

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This guide supports organisations to involve school leavers living with disability in volunteering. It highlights the benefits of volunteering for young people transitioning from school and outlines considerations to support confidence, independence and skill development.

The resource encourages organisations to adopt flexible, supportive approaches to role design and supervision, recognising the unique needs and strengths of school leavers.

Benefits for volunteer managers

  • supports inclusive involvement of school leavers with disability.
  • helps organisations design suitable and meaningful volunteer roles.
  • supports confidence, independence and skill development.
  • strengthens inclusive volunteer programs and workforce diversity.

How to apply this resource

This guide is most useful when planning volunteer roles for school leavers, reviewing support arrangements, or strengthening organisational approaches to youth and disability inclusion.

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Volunteering Victoria is the state peak body for volunteering, focusing on advocacy, sector development and the promotion of volunteering.
info@volunteeringvictoria.org.au (03) 9052 4524
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