Volunteers in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Resource for Voluntary Service Managers

ISBN-13: 9780199545827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 240 str.

Rosalind Scott; Steven Howlett; Derek Doyle

Opis

This book provides comprehensive, practical guidelines on the responsibilities of those who lead, coordinate, and manage volunteers in small hospices, large specialist palliative care units, and in general hospitals with palliative care teams. Volunteers are key workers who often perform difficult and important work. This updated second edition covers volunteer selection, training, supervision and support, and legal and ethical considerations. Information is presented in an easily accessible way, using key points, summary panels and checklists.

Recenzje

This 223-page text will prove invaluable for new voluntary service managers, and an aid to better management and performance in many established services. Definitely recommended reading.

O autorze

Ros Scott has spent her career in cancer and palliative care, having trained originally as a Therapeutic Radiographer. She joined CHAS in 1996 as a Volunteer Co-ordinator, becoming Head of Voluntary Services and Director of Organisational Development in 2007. As director of Organisational Development she has responsibility for Human Resources, Voluntary Services, Learning and Development, Organisational Policy and Change Management. She remains passionate about raising the profile of volunteering and the development of voluntary services in hospices and is recognised for her research and publication in this field. Previously Chair of the Help the Hospices Advisory Panel on Volunteering and the Association of Voluntary Services Managers (the professional association for hospice VSMs), she currently chairs the Association of Children's Hospices Volunteer Managers' Forum.