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These materials will help you create a Senior of the Year award ceremony for your annual Senior Corps recognition event. Send the invitation letter and nomination form to your sites. A letter is also...
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A simple one page care plan and letter of agreement. Specifies performance measures and services to be performed. Submitted by Carole Mandino of Northern Arizona University
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Provides an acknowledgment of agency responsibilities for those agencies placing RSVP volunteers in in-home service placements. Submitted by Deborah Owdom of RSVP of San Mateo & Northern Santa...
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Spanish language RSVP community survey aimed at identifying community needs and potential volunteers. Submitted by RSVP of Iowa City.
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Component 6: Individual Training Agenda
Now that the schedule is started, the next step is for the person responsible for the training to work out the details, such as specific activities that will...
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Component 5: Volunteer Training Plan and Schedule
There is no one way to plan your volunteer training; the important thing is to plan, while allowing yourself some flexibility as circumstances change...
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Component 4: Training Content and Resources
Content
There are two key opportunities for projects and stations to offer training: pre-service orientation and “on-the-job” or in-service training. The...
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Component 1: Training Requirements
Orientation/Pre-Service (new volunteers)
Suggestions from the RSVP Operations Handbook (2008):
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Component 1: Training Requirements
The Corporation for National and Community Service requires that the sponsor provide not less than 40 hours of orientation and training to Senior Companions– of...
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For Senior Corps Programs Providing Independent Living Services
Volunteer training and support increases the preparedness and professionalism of volunteers. The curriculum, Providing Independent...
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The Volunteer Center at HANCI provides three volunteer-based programs under one umbrella. Each program empowers older adults to help make their community a better place to live through volunteering...
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FiftyForward RSVP is a Senior Corps project of the Corporation for National and Community Service. It is located in Nashville, TN and covers Davidson and Williamson counties. With more than 450,000...
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The Foster Grandparent Program provides an opportunity for persons 60 and older to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring and emotional support to children with special and exceptional needs. FGP has...
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The Senior Companion Program of Hawkeye Community College provides citizens age 60 or over an opportunity to support other seniors by assisting them with daily tasks and by providing companionship in...
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This Guide, designed for Senior Companion project directors, provides information on an important potential source of financial support for their projects—Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (...
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Caregiver Guide to Senior Health Issues offers expert advice to help you handle the everyday challenges caused by common senior illnesses and conditions.
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In Calhoun County nearly 360 volunteers give over 53,700 hours of service each year. RSVP matches volunteers with community needs. We base our referrals on the volunteer's talents, experience,...
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Providing Independent Living Support: Training for Senior Corps Volunteers was developed to provide a standardized and easy-to-use training curriculum for Senior Corps’ Senior Companion and RSVP...
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Are you unsure if you're up to date on performance measurement? Project STAR has developed an online self-assessment tool that will help you and your staffs gauge your knowledge. Each of these short...
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Support and services for the elderly represent a substantial element of national service, especially for those volunteers with the Senior Companion Program. Efforts are generally focused on the areas...
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Training Institute 1:
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF FINDING AND KEEPING EFFECTIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS
Presenter: Lori Jean Mantooth, Hands On Network, Provider
Session A: Wednesday, July 12,...
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Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) October 2004 Forum
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Working with aging clients, or volunteers with impairments, requires knowledge, sensitivity, and proactive behavior on the part of managers and supervisors. This effective practice, submitted by the...
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Besides being philanthropic, studies have shown that volunteering increases health and longevity. But the real virtue may be in the pleasures gained in the process — seeing a smile or...
