Volunteer Screening & Onboarding: Using a Risk Management Lens
Monday, February 3 | 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Session Description:
Public parks and recreation agencies increasingly rely on volunteers to accomplish their community impacts and deliver their programs. Risk management is an important, and sometimes under-resourced, aspect of volunteer engagement. Those who supervise and support volunteers must balance creating positive, rewarding and safe experiences for volunteers while addressing the needs of the community. Effective volunteer management includes understanding and addressing risk. The speaker will provide a brief risk management primer, a presentation on volunteer engagement best practices, then facilitate peer discussions. Items covered include volunteer position descriptions, recruitment, screening, onboarding, training, insurances, union workplace considerations and support for staff.
About the Speaker:
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Patrick Tefft
City of Kirkland
Patrick Tefft, CVA, has 30 years of professional experience in volunteer engagement with municipal and county government and with nonprofit organizations. Currently, as the City of Kirkland Volunteer Services Coordinator, he oversees volunteer engagement within all city departments. In 2018, the City of Kirkland engaged 5,191 volunteers who contributed a total of 30,335 hours. Additionally, Tefft volunteers with two local organizations.
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