The standards can be useful;
- As starting point for planning volunteer induction and training
- To improve consistency and standardisation in volunteer induction
- To ensure that volunteers are safe in the environment in which they will be volunteering
- To enable recognition of volunteers’ prior learning
- To support the development of shared training processes between organisations
- As a basis for refresher training for experienced volunteers
- For volunteers to track and develop their own competence. They will provide some of the underpinning knowledge for those volunteers who choose to move into a health or care based career
