Bookings: Phone Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau (02) 6021 0990.
Pathways training
Explore your volunteer and work pathways pre-accredited training
These interactive sessions will include elements that provide pathways to investigate and gain skills for working or volunteering in the community. Enrol today for this popular series of small group sessions and bring a friend if you wish.
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Further information for Pathways training sessions
Working with older people
Topics include: attitudes of ageing, dementia awareness, sensory loss and communication.
Disability services
Topics include: types of disabilities, epilepsy, communication, and what to expect when volunteering in disability services.
O H & S induction for volunteers
Provides volunteers with an opportunity to understand and be informed of their Occupational Health and Safety responsibilities whilst volunteering in community based organisations.
Communicating confidently
This interactive training session will explore communication as a process of exchange, enabling both volunteers and managers of volunteers to bring new ideas and methods to their work. Topics such as what hinders and what helps, empathy, assertiveness and effective listening will be covered.
Volunteering opportunities with children and young people
This session explores the needs of children and young people in our region. You will learn more about their experiences and their dreams and visions for the future. You will improve your communication skills and knowledge about the issues and challenges young people face.
Volunteering — A pathway to the future
An interactive training session involving a series of concurrent workshops to assist people considering volunteering. Sessions will include information about local services and the volunteering opportunities they offer. Topics such as the benefits of volunteering, the rights and responsibilities of volunteers and duty of care, will be covered.