Volunteers at Fledglings often bring with them a range of skills and experience that can enhance the learning opportunities of children and staff. We are keen to offer the opportunity for volunteers to experience our outdoor setting and ethos. Fledglings therefore welcomes and encourages volunteers as a way of building children’s self esteem, increasing their cultural capital and promoting connection.

 

All adults/young people who work in our Fledglings, whether a paid member of staff or a volunteer, are expected to work and behave in such a way as to actively promote our ethos. Fledglings does not count volunteers or work experience students in ratio and they do not have the same level of responsibility as paid members of staff.

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Volunteers may be working directly with the children, in which case they will always be under the supervision of a qualified member of staff. Regular volunteers are expected to turn up on time and to work the whole of their assigned hours, if they cannot attend or are going to be late, they must phone a manager

 

Procedure

• The business will pay for volunteer DBS applications, if they are coming from another early years setting, we will ask for a safeguarding reference

• Volunteers must show id before they can be accepted to start in setting

• They should complete an Emergency contacts form and Medical form

• They will complete an induction procedure to cover all safeguarding and health and safety practice required

• Discussion will be carried out with all volunteers as to the tasks they will undertake and the role they will play 

• It will be discussed with the volunteer, which hours to attend

• Volunteers are asked not to discuss children with families but must defer to Fledglings staff

• All volunteers must sign into the visitor log each morning and out at the end of their session

   

Nov 25