The document outlines 10 steps for volunteers to get recognition of their competences. The steps include committing to the recognition process, setting goals and targets, preparing a personal profile by reflecting on past experiences, choosing a standard to measure competences against, comparing competences to the standard, getting formal validation from an external institute, creating a development plan, implementing the plan, and continuing personal development. It also lists 10 ways organizations can support volunteers, such as providing training certificates, collecting feedback, documenting work products, gathering evidence of competences, offering portfolios, and making agreements for formal recognition with other institutes.
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1. Recognition of competences
10 steps for the volunteer
Step 1 Commitment:
Do I want to invest time and effort to get recognition?
Step 2 Starting up & setting targets:
What is my motivation to get recognition, and what are my goals?
Step 3 Preparing personal profile:
How am I going to do this?
Step 4 Retrospective, developing personal profile:
What have I done and learned until now?
Step 5 Choosing the standard:
For example: the qualifications framework that is used in
vocational education.
Step 6 Valuation:
Comparing my competences with the standard I have chosen.
Step 7 Finalising validation:
Getting formal recognition by an external institute.
Step 8 Prospective: advise / personal development:
Making a plan for further personal growth/development/
education.
Step 9 Working on personal development:
Implementing the plan.
Step 10 Empowerment:
I keep working on my personal development.
2. Recognition of competences
10 ways to support the volunteer
1 Training certificate
2 Testimonial
3 How to describe your voluntary work on your c.v.
4 Competence profiles for the various positions of volunteers
5 Tools for self assessment
6 Assessment by others (360º feedback)
7 Documenting products/results of the work of the volunteer
8 Gathering evidence
9 Offering a portfolio for volunteers
10 Making an agreement with institutes for formal recognition
Photography:
Finn Snaterse
Scouting Gelderland
P.O. Box 129
6880 AC Velp
The Netherlands
j.peeters@scoutinggelderland.nl
Phone 00 31 26 384 63 30