Handbook Revision, February 1, 2005

This revision of the Volunteer and Community Engagement Policy Handbook (previously the Volunteer Management Handbook) was published on February 1, 2005. Below are explanations of revisions and links providing significant changes to policies and procedures. The changes are noted in red. Not displayed are minor copyediting and formatting changes.

The following items are revised to:

  ·  reflect changes made as part of the HHSC consolidation effort;

  ·  revise the title of the handbook to reflect HHSC nomenclature; and

  ·  document the new automated volunteer tracking system and procedures, and attendant changes to volunteer forms.

See:

2200 Office of Volunteer and Community Engagement

2220 Volunteer and Community Engagement Specialist

2230 District Volunteer Services Coordinators

2300 Volunteer Resource Planning and Job Design

2313 Volunteer Job Design

2313.1 Job Descriptions

2400 Record-Keeping and Reporting

2410 Overview of DFPS Requirements

2420 Personnel Files

2440 Reporting of Volunteer Activity

4000 Volunteer Applications and Processing

4100 Confidentiality and Registration Requirements

4200 Group Applications

4300 Volunteers With No Direct Client Contact or Access to Confidential Client Information

5130 Insurance and Accident Reporting

5134 Reporting Accidents