Dudley CVS has received funding from the Children's Workforce Development Council to develop a workforce quality mark for voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people. We would like to involve all voluntary and community organisations as much as possible in this project.
To help in the first stage in the consultation process Dudley CVS has produced a short discussion document [PDF, 439KB] that gives some background to the project and an outline on future proposals.
If you require a paper copy or have any comments, thoughts or questions please contact Arnie by email or on 01384 267424.
In addition, Dudley CVS has also been successful in accessing a small amount of funding from the Children's Workforce Development Council to provide training to support the workforce development of voluntary and community organisations. There is only a very limited amount of funding and we want to focus on training to meet your needs. From your organisation's perspective is there any specific training which would benefit your organisations and/or your paid staff and volunteers?
Suggestions so far have included: equal opportunities, diversity, health and safety, supervision, recruitment, Hear by Right (involving children and young people), child protection, dealing with confrontation and risk assessment.
If you have any suggestions please contact Arnie. |