Safety tips for volunteers and participants

The abundance of help in this special time is great. How do you ensure that the new volunteer takes on the tasks as quickly and safely as possible?

Tips for quick and safe onboarding

• Prepare a clear job vacancy/descriptionTask description
• Get to know each other over the phone or through a video call (Facetime, Whatsapp, Zoom)
• Put thebasisinfoThe person who needs to know to get started on paper and email it prior to the meeting, so any uncertainties can be addressed right away.
• If you work with rules of conduct and a code of behavior, please email them in advance. Use the customizable [shortcode].Example Code of ConductTranslation: .You can find it in the Toolkit for organizations.
• Send volunteer and participant a [shortcode] after matching.Flyer with the most important rules of conductYou can customize the flyers to suit your organization.You can find them in the Toolkit for organizations.
• Assign a few people who have been active in the organization for a long time as trainers, they can answer questions from new volunteers via WhatsApp or phone.

Good luck! Do you have any other tips? Let us know.