Taskforce
Welcome to the Taskforce scheme!
Before you commence with your volunteering, please spend some time getting familiar with the documentation below.
As much as we would love to just let you get on with it, it is our legal responsibility to make you aware of the policies and guidelines.
Safeguarding Children Guide
The protection of vulnerable adults
Volunteering safely
Health and Safety brief
| HAZARD | RISK | ACTION TO BE TAKEN |
| g a r d e n i n g | ||
| Injuries on equipment, falling from ladders, back injuries from over exhaustion, hand injuries from bushes and brambles. | medium | Volunteers asked to assess each job they are asked to do and will only attempt the job if they have sufficient training and equipment. Only simple gardening activities to be undertaken e.g grass cutting, pruning and weeding. No power tools to be used. If volunteer required to use a ladder they must only do so once they have inspected the ladder to ensure it is safe and they have someone strong enough to hold and steady the bottom of the ladder. A ladder should only be put up on solid, stable and straight ground. |
| b e f r i e n d i n g | Volunteer asked to do too much and client becomes too reliant on the volunteer. | medium | Volunteers will only make visits that have been agreed through the SCA office when the referral is made, and will contact the office if they feel pressured to do more or if they feel the client could use an extra volunteer. |
| m o b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e | Over exhaustion and injury from pushing a wheelchair too far. | medium | The volunteer should agree before hand where they are going to be required to take the volunteer and should only agree if they are happy it is not too far for them. |
| Injuries from attempting to lift the client | high | Volunteers should NEVER attempt to lift a client. |
Additional measures in place
- For one off events the project leader should always do a risk assessment or ensure that the organiser has one.
- When taking a referral the project leader will ask if the client requests that the volunteer is police checked.
- When a referral is for a child or a vulnerable adult the volunteer will always have an enhanced CRB and two references.
