Transcript Utilize Your Best Resource – Volunteers – with the Support of Volunteer New York! Jeanette Gisbert & Brenda Wilkin 914-948-4452 [email protected] [email protected] www.volunteernewyork.org.

Utilize Your Best Resource –
Volunteers – with the Support of
Volunteer New York!
Jeanette Gisbert & Brenda Wilkin
914-948-4452
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.volunteernewyork.org
Agenda
Introductions and Objectives
Why Volunteers?
Why Volunteer New York!
Volunteer New York! Support
and Resources
• Background Checks
• Questions and Wrap Up
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Workshop Objectives
• Gain a greater understanding of
how volunteers can help you
advance your mission
• Learn how partnering with Volunteer
New York! will support your volunteer
program
• Obtain an introduction to
background investigations for
volunteers, employees, and board
members
Why Volunteers?
• Expand the program e.g. outreach,
workshops
• Full time staff can concentrate on the
bigger picture
• Rich and diverse pool of experience to
call on frees up staff time to specialize in
different areas and helps to provide
more time to develop and explore new
methods to achieve your organizations
services.
Considerations for Service Opportunities
• What are your Agencies goals?
• What are the topics/issues that
matter most to your agency, your
clients and the community?
• What are the skills/interest that are
important to ensure your program
success?
• How much time you can dedicate
to training and supervision?
• What are your organization’s
limitations to service initiatives?
Urban Institute Study: Charities and Volunteers
• The role that volunteers play in an organization
influences the net benefits of your programs and
services
• Charities that use a lot of volunteers report higher
net benefits scores, as do charities that have a
high volunteer-to-paid staff ratio
• Charities benefit from giving volunteers a variety
of options to contribute to the operations of the
organization
• When charities use volunteers primarily for office
tasks, net benefits scores are notably lower.
Urban Institute Study cont’d
• Well-managed volunteer
programs maximize the benefits
and minimize the challenges of
working with volunteers
• By investing in volunteer
management capacity,
charities can improve their net
benefits scores.
Why Volunteer New York!?
• Show Volunteer New York! Video
Why Volunteer New York!?
• 75% of nonprofits in Westchester
say they need more volunteers
• 59% of the public said they have
not recently been asked to
volunteer
• Volunteer New York! has 65
years of experience connecting
the community to volunteer
opportunities and promoting
volunteering
Information Gathering
• Volunteer Program Life Cycle
– Budding
– Growing
– Mature
How Volunteer New York! Helps
• Build Organizational
Capacity
• Staff Professional
Development
• Volunteer Program Support
Organizational Capacity
• Volunteer Management
Training
• HandsOn Connect Training
• Managed Projects
– 9/11 Day of Service
– Martin Luther King Jr.
– Corporate Days of Service
Professional Development
• Volunteer Manager Affinity
Group
• Leadership Westchester
• Agency E-news
Volunteer Programs
• Co-branded recruitment
efforts
• Outreach and Referrals
• Volunteer Recognition –
Volunteer Spirit Awards
Example
• Furniture Sharehouse
Background Checks
What Does It Mean?
• A background check or background
investigation is the process of looking
up and compiling criminal records,
commercial records and financial
records of an individual or an
organization.
• Background check - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_check
Types of Backgrounds
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Criminal
Driving
Sex Offender
Credit
Identity Verification
Monitoring
Drug Testing
Costs of Backgrounds
• Varies Greatly
– Depends on Names and
Jurisdictions
– Depends on Searches Included
– Depends on Company Used
No Cost Services
• Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender
Public Website
– www.nsopw.gov
– Established in 2005
– Dru Sjodin
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22 year old College Student
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Kidnapped and Murdered
By Sex Offender Registered in Minnesota
No Cost Services
• Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender
Public Website
– www.nsopw.gov
– One National Search Site
– Links Sex Offender Registries
• State
• Territorial
• Tribal
No Cost Services
• New York Sex Offender Registry
– www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/nsor
– DCJS – Division of Criminal Justice
Services
No Cost Services
• New York Sex Offender Registry
– www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/nsor
– NOTE:
• By law, only Level 2 and Level 3 sex
offenders are listed on the public
directory.
No Cost Services
• New York Sex Offender Registry
– Risk Level
• Court Assigns One of Three Risk Levels
– Level 1 (low risk of repeat offense), or
– Level 2 (moderate risk of repeat
offense), or
– Level 3 (high risk of repeat offense and a
threat to public safety exists).
No Cost Services
• New York Sex Offender Registry
– Designation
• Sexual Predator
• Sexually Violent Offender
• Predicate Sex Offender
No Cost Services
• New York Sex Offender Registry
– Designation
No Cost Services
• New York Sex Offender Registry
– Recommended Contact Fax
518-485-5805
• Attach Spreadsheet
– Last Name
– First Name
– Birth Date
• Maximum 30 Names Per Fax
Sample of NYS SOR Fax
Who?
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Staff
Volunteers
Board
Clientele
Best Practices Guidelines
• Best Practice Examples
– Origin
– Cursory Indicator New York
– Sex Offender Registry
• State Specific
$39.95 Per Person Flat Rate for Not For Profit Organizations
Not Mandated?
• Why wait?
• Why not enhance what is
mandated?
• If mandated, do you understand
what you are getting?
Questions and Wrap Up
Get Help
No Cost One Half Hour Consultation
Contact Michelle and mention you attended this presentation
to schedule your consultation.
Michelle Pyan, Licensed Private Investigator
President, Commercial Investigations LLC
800.284.0906
[email protected]
Connect with Volunteer New York!
Brenda Wilkin
Coordinator, Outreach
914.227.9312
[email protected]
Jeanette Gisbert
Senior Director, Volunteer and Corporate Engagement
914.227.9310
[email protected]