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At one with volunteers — joint policy statement on volunteering in social services
Corporate Author	National Centre for Volunteering; Association of Directors of Social Services - ADSS
Publisher	National Centre for Volunteering; ADSS, London, 2002
Pages	unnumbered leaflet
Source	National Centre for Volunteering, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Road, London N1 9RL.
Keywords	Voluntary workers ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Social Services Departments ; Standards of provision.
Annotation	Volunteers are actively involved in a wide variety of social care initiatives, both directly within social services departments (SSDs) and in the voluntary sector. This statement comprises: a statement on volunteering in social services; principles of volunteering; and guidelines for local agreements for SSDs (adapted from "Safe and alert: good practice advice on volunteers working with vulnerable clients", National Centre for Volunteering, 1997). The statement has been agreed by the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS), the National Centre for Volunteering, CSV (Community Service Volunteers), the National Volunteer Managers Forum (NVMF), the Home Office, and the Department of Health (DH). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020227209 P
Classmark	QV: GHH: PF: 583 *
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