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Volunteer Screening and Placement.

Screen volunteers appropriately for the role, which for roles with vulnerable people is a legal and safety obligation, and place them where they fit.

Part A. Screen to the role

Match the screening to the risk.

Low-risk role: a genuine conversation about fit, the mission, and what they are looking for

Role with vulnerable people, children, elderly, at-risk populations

Background checks, references, and safe practices are a legal and safety obligation. This is not optional, it varies by place, and it routes to a professional and to the compliance, legal and risk work. Do not place anyone in such a role without it.

The screening this role requires, and its status

Part B. Place by fit

Match each volunteer to a role that fits their skills, their time, and what draws them

Confirm the role and the ask with them plainly

Screening protects the people you exist to serve, and it is never skipped where vulnerable people are involved. Fit protects the volunteer and the work; a good person in the wrong role leaves.

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Uses the roles and the recruitment pool. Routes screening obligations to a professional and to the compliance and risk work. Back to the guide, or start over.