Policy details

Document reference:

GCC-ASC-POL- 022

Version:

5.0

Originator/author:

Policy Review Officer

Executive lead:

Service Manager LD/PD & OP

Policy first approved by:

Adult Senior Management Team

Policy first issued:

July 2005 (as the Volunteers in Social Care policy)

Policy reviewed:

July 2008

June 2009

March 2019 - policy revised and renamed Volunteer Involvement policy

April 2020 - policy reviewed, no changes made

Oct 2020  - review date amended to Dec 2021

July 2022 – policy reviewed. Approver of involvement of volunteers in any in house service amended to Head of Adult Support Services. Minor amendment to insurance provision. Added emergency planning section and link to ASC Volunteer Privacy Notice.

This version approved by:

Executive Director: Adult Social Care

Date of approval:

12^th September 2023

Next review:

By end September 2023