2018-04-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 4 - Local Disaster Recovery Subplan

As a guide, the Volunteer Coordinator will be expected to report and provide advice on:
 The community need for volunteers to support recovery (assisted by other subgroups)
 Offers of assistance within the community and how effectively such offers are able to be
   matched to community need
 Availability of volunteers and strategies to overcome volunteering shortfalls
 Resources required to support volunteers

6.7.5    Working with volunteer organisations

The Chair of the Human and Social Subgroup and/or the Volunteer Coordinator will work closely
with Volunteering Queensland and other volunteering bodies to develop relevant and achievable
recovery programs and activities. These bodies are critical to effective volunteer management
in Noosa Shire as they offer the mechanisms and protection needed to effectively use volunteers
in response and recovery. Volunteering Queensland is the primary body charged with volunteer
registration and referral in Queensland.


6.7.6    Recognising and supporting volunteers

While volunteers do not participate for the sole purpose of reward or recognition, it is important
to acknowledge and thank volunteers for their time and efforts. Recognising and celebrating
volunteers also supports ongoing participation and promotes volunteering in the community.

The LRG should consider ways to recognise volunteer effort throughout recovery. Often this is
best done through providing stories of volunteering in local media and on Council’s website and
Facebook page. Conducting functions, barbeques and local award ceremonies should be
considered and undertaken wherever practicable. Visits to volunteers in the workplace by
community leaders should be undertaken regularly to recognise volunteers.

6.7.7    Maintaining volunteer documentation and record-keeping

The Chair of the Human and Social Subgroup or the Volunteer Coordinator should maintain
documents and records relating to the volunteer effort. These may include but are not limited to:

   Volunteer Management Plan including agreements between the LRC and individual volunteer
    organisations
   Community volunteer needs register that records the volunteer needs within the community
    and enables the matching of need to offers of assistance
   Community offers of assistance register that records offers of assistance from the community
    and enables matching of offers to community volunteer need
   Register of pet foster care providers and those who need such services to assist in ensuring
    effective pet foster care services
   Register of suitable non-profit organisations both locally and those offering services from
    outside the local government area
   Register of donation centres established by the community following a disaster to assist in
    determining how these centres may be progressively closed down




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